Dog Company : A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command (Hardcover)

from WildBill

Great insight into how politics on the battlefield is the wrong answer. They are warriors, not politicians. Fighting men know what they need to do to fight these wars. When diplomacy fails, we send rough men to handle things. If our nation can't back our own fighting men over the enemy, or stomac...

from Randall

A preeminently lucid, compelling, accessible, and downright surprising story about the complexities of war in our time. My heart sank and my jaw dropped repeatedly. I cannot think of a book in recent memory that does more to elevate the importance of basic empathy, ethical decision-making, loyalt...

from ikeman100

Good book. Interesting insight into the war in Afghanistan and how stupid legal rules prevent success and endanger our troops. According to Wikipedia the Taliban are a "Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan". It almost makes them sound like a modern civilization. This boo...

from WildBill

Great insight into how politics on the battlefield is the wrong answer. They are warriors, not politicians. Fighting men know what they need to do to fight these wars. When diplomacy fails, we send rough men to handle things. If our nation can't back our own fighting men over the enemy, or stomac...

from Randall

A preeminently lucid, compelling, accessible, and downright surprising story about the complexities of war in our time. My heart sank and my jaw dropped repeatedly. I cannot think of a book in recent memory that does more to elevate the importance of basic empathy, ethical decision-making, loyalt...