Jack Jacobs retired from the Army as a full Colonel in 1987, after more than twenty years of service. Today, he is widely regarded as one of the world's most knowledgeable-and outspoken-military analysts. His career has bridged the disparate worlds of the military, business and academia. Jacobs serves on a number of charitable boards of directors and is the Vice Chairman of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. He holds the McDermott Chair of Humanities and Public Affairs at the US Military Academy and appears about 500 times annually on television, commenting on defense issues, terrorism, and international affairs.
Praise for If Not Now, When?
“Jack Jacobs is a living reminder that dynamite comes in small
packages. From his days as a Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam to
his success on Wall Street to his outspoken commentary on MSNBC and
his wise counsel to West Point graduates, Jack is the complete
citizen.”—Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation
“As good a Vietnam War memoir as I’ve ever read. And if that’s not
good enough, Jack Jacobs makes some very brutal, honest, and
disturbing observations about America then and America now, and
most importantly, about where we are headed. Jack Jacobs earned the
Congressional Medal of Honor forty years ago, and he’s earned it
every day since.”—Nelson DeMille
“[Jacobs] offers a mix of no-holds-barred personal history and
pointed observations about the demands (or lack thereof) the U.S.
makes on its citizens today. Never self-indulgent or preachy,
Jacobs takes an honest—and often brutally funny—look back at his
own life and forward to the future of the military and the
nation.”—Parade
“This book is a classic. Jack Jacobs is the bravest—and
funniest—soldier I met in thirty-two years of military service. He
is also an intellectual with a writer’s gift of
description. Jack tells a life story of military service with
a sense of humor that makes palatable the brutality of intense
combat.”—General Barry M. McCaffrey, U.S. Army (Retired)
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