Red Platoon : A True Story of American Valor

from Susan.Macura

If anyone wonders what it is like to truly be in a battle for one's life, this is the book for you. Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha brings the reader into what it was like when Command Outpost Keating in Afghanistan came under attack where they were both outnumbered and outgunned by Tali...

from DeaconBernie

The author is a Medal of Honor recipient for a battle to hold a useless outpost in Afghanistan. He is not experienced author but he has put together one of the most penetrating books on battle that I've ever read. He starts out by describing the principle players in everyday language. and then he...

from Cherylk

I am a fan of military books. They are probably the number one type of nonfiction book that I read. Most of the books however have been about the past wars. Red Platoon is the most recent book I have read in a while focusing on a more current war. At first I was not into this book, which disappoi...

from Cataloger623

This is not a story. This is not fiction. This is a recounting of the battle of Command Outpost Keating. This is war in all its gruesomeness and valor. The men depicted are ordinary guys thrust into a fight for their lives. Clinton Romesha does not make these men out to be heroes. He tells what t...

from Renzomalo

A good read, all things considered. At first, more of a novelized after-action report, but the story grows in the telling and ends up with a literary tone in the epilogue. Nicely done and hats off to the brave souls who didn't come home and again to those who returned to tell their story and live...