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This book review examines how "In Harm’s Way" offers contemporary lessons to military officers and judge advocates. Doug Stanton’s account captures the irregular, sometimes startling, and sometimes reaffirming ways that people respond when they reach the edge of life. Small-unit leaders who pick up "In Harm’s Way" will learn how people behave while they are under enormous stress. "In Harm’s Way" also contains important lessons on risk management, showing what can happen when senior leaders personally manage the risks attached to potentially catastrophic missions, and how to assign responsibility and blame when risk becomes reality. Finally, "In Harm’s Way" contains …