The first biography of MSgt. John C. Woods, infamous US Army hangman of the Nuremberg trials MacLean meticulously separates fact from the mythology surrounding this enigmatic figure This is a follow-on book to The Fifth Field, winner of the 2013 Richard G. Trefry Award from the Army Historical Foundation
French MacLean is the author of twelve previous books on World War II and two on the American West. In 2014, his work The Fifth Field received the Army Historical Foundation's prestigious Richard G. Trefry Award.