From accounting for missing POW/MIAs in communist Vietnam, to Korea's Demilitarized Zone, to helping write the actual war plans used during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Eric Axelbank delivers an engrossing account of how our freedoms are defended today.

From Chapter 11.
"At approximately 9:15 a.m. on an autumn Monday on the Korean peninsula, I received a message so alarming that I honestly didn't know if I'd still be alive the next morning. A South Korean Lieutenant, our liaison officer, whose name was Kim, called me and shouted, "We're under attack from North Korea, please help" and then hung up the phone."