Books by Chuck Mansfield

Dr. Dennis C. Golden, President Emeritus of Fontbonne University and a former Marine officer, calls the book ?a sterling presentation [in which Mansfield] has gone broad and deep on the style, substance and essence of leadership.? According to Mansfield, a friend encouraged him to write a book about leadership, and both realized that they know personally many highly successful people whom they could ask for submissions, just as he did with his 2018 book, VIETNAM: Remembrances of a War. These would include defining leadership, how best to inculcate leadership principles in the young and how to make it a lifelong pursuit and refinement. After all, says Mansfield, leadership is the sine qua non for success and must be effective for any undertaking to succeed. Some submissions do not focus on leadership itself or its principles, but rather on thought leadership.

After viewing the 2017 PBS documentary "The Vietnam War" by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, the author recognized that Americans hold widely varying opinions about the effects and significance of the conflict. Immediately, he anticipated an opportunity to write about an historic event of which he not only knew something but in which he had also participated. Vietnam and what transpired there for millions of Americans, both at home and "in-country," are distant and increasingly fading memories. The content herein comes from Vietnam War veterans and others, many of whose observations have never before appeared in print, and do not necessarily focus on the Burns-Novick documentary. In addition to new commentary, the author has recycled several earlier writings about his own service in the Marines and Vietnam.