A graduate of Yale University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, Karl Marlantes served as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and 10 Air Medals. He is the author of the bestselling and prize-winning MATTERHORN.

Books by Karl Marlantes

What It Is Like to Go to War

by Karl Marlantes - Memoir, Nonfiction

Karl Marlantes takes a deeply personal and candid look at what it is like to experience the ordeal of combat, critically examining how we might better prepare our soldiers for war.

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

by Karl Marlantes - Fiction, Historical Fiction