LEADERSHIP
The White Donkey: Terminal Lance
By Maximilian Uriarte · 288 pages
Why this title matters
Uriarte's graphic novel follows a lance corporal through a deployment to Afghanistan, capturing the boredom, dark humor, camaraderie, and quiet moral damage of infantry service with an honesty that prose rarely achieves. Required reading for any leader who wants to understand what the junior enlisted Marine actually experiences.
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Reading category: LEADERSHIP
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