Dallas, TX: Brown Books, 2019. Reprint edition. First Printing [Stated] [Originally published as Accused American War Criminal by Eakin Press, 1997]. Hardcover. xviii, 462 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Appendices. Associated bookmark and business card size publisher's advertising material laid in. Author inscription that reads: "Best Wishes to-my friend-Mark Esper. Fiske Hanley II. 2-29-20 Fox Hole Builder Iwo Jima!!". Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is an American politician and manufacturing executive who served as the 27th United States secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 23rd U.S. secretary of the Army from November 2017 to July 2019. A West Point graduate, Esper joined the United States Army and saw combat during the Gulf War as an infantry officer with the 101st Airborne Division. Esper subsequently served in the 82nd Airborne Division and the Army National Guard. After leaving military service, he served as chief of staff at the Heritage Foundation; a congressional staffer; a deputy assistant secretary of defense; and a senior executive for the Aerospace Industries Association, the Global Intellectual Property Center, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2017, he joined the Trump administration as the 23rd secretary of the Army. In 2019, Esper was named acting defense secretary; he was confirmed shortly afterwards as the 27th defense secretary by the United States Senate with a vote of 90–8. More