One Man Stand is a reader for military buffs that combines discussion of weapons and tactics with exciting historical fiction. P. R. Hirsh explores our fascination with warfare and the military industrial complex. Stand with the archers at Agincourt, the Patriots at Bunker Hill, and the misbegotten soldiers at Gettysburg. Learn about King Henry the Fifth, Audie Murphy, Chuck Yeager, Lee Archer, and fictional soldiers whose actions reflect the courage and patriotism needed to stare down monstrous odds. From France in 1945, through the Jungles of Vietnam, and finally on a high-flying adventure to stop a World War One weapon of mass destruction, One Man Stand delivers irony, suspense, and even a bit of amusement amidst the most serious topic of all, the ultimate sacrifice. "Eclectic. Unusual. Not the norm. Highly entertaining! This book, while freely jumping around timewise, is easy to read. The fast pace and crisp prose makes it enjoyable and hard to put down. One Man Stand is sure to entertain and educate at the same time." -Scott L. Mingus, Sr., co-author of the award-winning If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg, June 1863 P. R. Hirsh is a retired public school English teacher turned college professor who spent twenty-six years teaching students how to write. A University of Richmond graduate, he holds a master's degree in Secondary Education from West Virginia University and completed all the coursework for a doctorate at the same institution before realizing that higher education is no place to be for someone who still believes in classical education. He published his first work of short stories, The Guns We Left Behind: Tales of Culture and Caliber, in 2014. P. R. has two sons and resides in Greenbrier, West Virginia, with his wife, Anne, to whom he has been married for thirty-five years in a row, and four goofy dogs.