Following the work of military historian John Keegan, in Men of War Anthony Rose studies how individual troops reacted in conflict in three of the "most iconic" combat situations in American history. He does a superb job of presenting the story of individual troops along the fence, in the trenches, and facing the enemy at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, answering the difficult question, "What's it like to be in battle?"