Weekend Reading

By John

Mike just sent me in a complimentary copy of his new book (thanks dude!), so I'll do a pseudo review regardless of the fact that I'm only about 60 pages deep.

So far it's awesome, and I'm not saying that because Mike and I are buds. I much prefer the ground-up view of the War in Iraq to top-down analysis, though the big-picture guys are solid in their own right (see our man Richard). If you read his blog --and you should be-- you'll know already that's Mike's specialty. The guy has more time in theater than any reporter than I can think of, which would be ho-hum news if Mike couldn't write worth a shit, but he's so smooth and clear with his pen, the stories --like his blog posts-- jump off the pages.

The other thing that struck me as I was reading Moment of Truth. Americans need to know about warriors like LTC Erik Kurilla, CSGM Prosser, and the rest of the guys from Deuce Four. Their stories are remarkable, and I think that it's one of the great tragedies of this war that folks can't look past their own stupid opinions about the war long enough to learn of the exploits of men greater than themselves...greater than all of us, really.

I judge a book based on what I'll put off in order to keep reading, the old "can't put it down" test. Like I said, I've pounded through 60 pages since yesterday, so I'll let ya'll decide how much I'm enjoying it.

Buy here.

April 12, 2008 04:12 PM Books