Make Peace or Die: A Life of Service Leadership and Nightmares (Hardcover)

An Irishman in the U.S Marine Corps Charles U. Daly thinks fighting in Korea will be an adventure and a way to live up to a family tradition of service and soldiering. He comes home decorated wounded and traumatized wondering what s next. His quest for a new mission will take him to JFK s White House Bobby Kennedy s fateful campaign the troubles in Northern Ireland and a South African township devastated by the AIDS epidemic. Chuck s life is a true story of living up to Kennedy s challenge to ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. At every juncture he s had two options: make peace or die. Daly chose to make peace with his fate every time and that decision led him to a remarkable life of service.