Dead Center

Someone once said "war is hell." Kugler , a former Marine scout-sniper for two years, writes of his hell which was called Vietnam. He exposes the craziness of the people fighting the war and the handicapts of poor leadership. Dead Center exposes the nasty reality of war and should be read by today's......more

This gave me a new appreciation of what the military and Marines do. This helped me understand what our soldiers' go through during war that we can't fully comprehend unless we have been through it. It allowed me to realize why soldiers when home do not talk about what they have experienced. It gave......more

Kug's stories and details were good, but the epilogue alone was terrific. I haven't read many books about the Vietnam war, but this is definitely one that's worth reading.......more

Ed Kugler's DEAD CENTER is a hell of a read from a man who's been there. Starting from his days growing up in a working class family in Ohio, we see Kugler become a Marine and become blooded in combat in the Dominican Republic. We then see him shift gears and deploy to Vietnam, where he volunteers to......more

Ed Kugler learned on the job, better than in a classroom. By working with the Recon people in the early stages of the Vietnam War he was impressed by the tactics and cautions of those warriors and when he was able to develop and work with his own small groups he taught them what he had learned. His......more