Posted: 10/25/2006 6:22:28 AM EDT
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I just got a copy from a coworker and after reading a few pages in the middle, it looks fantastic. Anyone here read it? If so, what's your review of it?? Curious if I got lucky with a few pages or if the whole thing is a worthwhile read? I'm usually only good for reading anything about the size of a good magazine article, but I might make a rare exception here. Thanks for the review in advance. |
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I read the book and thought it was very enlightening. It shows how the “pop culture” age has changed the nature of our soldiers, their perceptions of the world, and of each other. You will find the familiar “brother in arms” theme. These guys were very loyal and dedicated to each other. Closer than most families. Cool read. Also very funny in places 
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I read the book I believe three times and have always enjoyed it. I am on acquaintance with one of the Force Recon gentlemen that was in the events of the book though not in the exact unit with which the author travelled. He said the book was very accurate. Disclaimer: this gentleman does work at a gun store but I have known him long enough to know he is the real deal. Just hearing him rattle off forward air control lingo like an auctioneer makes my head hurt. |
It was great...
I read both "Shooter", "This Man's Army", "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell", and "Chasing Ghosts" along with other things... I almost  when I saw the guy shaking hands with Hitlery...
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Good read, hard to put down. I also have the book written by the LT. in Generation Kill. Nathaniel Fick is his name, the book is "One Bullet Away". I thought it was interesting how two people (the LT and the Reporter) could have two very different views on some of the same events. If anything, I would say the reporter's account was a little exaggerated, and the LT's account was sanitized. just my .02 T |
