Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.

ISBN 0-394-45025-6. Jones was subsequently sentenced to five days in jail (with the sentencing judge recommending that the sentence be served in the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office's work program rather than actually behind bars) to 200 hours of community service and to two years of probation. " While at the Times he gathered material for his book The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam during the Kennedy Era.