Nearly three million Americans served in the Vietnam War. Each had his or her own take on what happened and why and many have tried to commit their war to paper. Phil Gioia has helped our understanding by detailing his days in-country and his informed perspectives in the midst of a fascinating, candid and brave memoir of a life of service. Bravo.

– Ken Burns, filmmaker

At a time when Americans are better connected to one another than ever electronically, but more distant from one another emotionally and psychologically, Phil Gioia gives us a story about a living community committed to service and to one another. Danger Close! is a compelling and elegantly written memoir.

– H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

Phil Gioia has written a splendid account of his life and times, from growing up as an army brat to military school to the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Excellent storytelling, that kept me riveted to the pages from start to finish.

– Joseph L. Galloway, coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young, We Are Soldiers Still, and They Were Soldiers

Phil Gioia offers a fascinating personal remembrance of the U.S. military over three decades of its radical transformation—as a son of a career soldier, a young civilian, a US Army ranger and paratrooper, and a decorated combat veteran officer in Vietnam. His memoir offers an invaluable corrective to popular caricatures of the Cold-War and the Vietnam-era army, which, he reminds us, was professional, humanitarian, and—lethal. Ostensibly a memoir of Vietnam, Goia’s autobiography also serves as a reminder of what made—and makes—America such an exceptional nation.

– Victor Davis Hanson, The Hoover Institution, bestselling author of The Second World Wars

Gioia is a natural-born writer and storyteller. Danger Close is the memoir of a true American hero, full of action, pathos, the profound sadness of war, and the ultimate will of the American soldier. His story is moving, complex, humorous, and, above all, compelling.

– Brian Sobel, author of The Fighting Pattons

Phil Gioia is that singular individual: a distinguished and highly decorated soldier who is also a celebrated military historian. He has not only lived some of the most notable events of the last fifty years—from JFK’s funeral to the war in Vietnam to Silicon Valley and the Digital Age—but he writes about them with enormous skill. With this book you are in the hands of a master, and the result will open your eyes about America’s recent history, in peace and in war.

– Mike Malone, writer and podcast host

“This book is a fascinating account, and most readers will find it hard to put down.”

– Army Magazine