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The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
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Great first person overview – R. W. Levesque – Germany
What makes this book unique among the many first person accounts of the war in Iraq is that “The Strongest Tribe” covers a full six years. This gives the book a perspective, and excellent context.
Although West focuses on the tactical war, he also addresses the operational and strategic decisions and decision-makers that created the situation on the ground. He pulls no punches and has no problem saying when someone (military or civilian, Democrat or Republican) exercised poor judgement. At the same time he recognizes when good decisions were made, sometimes by the same person.
At the same time the book is an excellent, easy-to-read narrative. It flows well from the beginning to the end, and although it’s a current “history,” it reads more like a non-fiction novel that keeps your interest throughout.
Make no mistake, West has his biases but they are so clear that it’s easy for the reader to take them into account. He favors the Marines (as a former Marine himself) and doesn’t have much good to say about journalists. But the point and substance of his book are not affected by his biases.
In short West provides a historical narrative of the war in Iraq from the successful 2003 invasion thru the strategic and mistaken decisions made early on that negatively impacted the battlefield thru 2007. He then goes on to discuss how the military learned from its serious mistakes and, with the President’s support, implemented a more successful strategy (that included the “surge” and the Sunni “Awakening”) that appears to have put the coalition and Iraqi’s on track to win the war (TBD).
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The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq.(Book review): An article from: Military Review
The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq.(Book review): An article from: Military Review
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The Village
One of the best books I have read in a long time – Patrick M. Carroll – Shanghai, China
This is an incredible book. Very seldom do I find books that I just can’t put down but this was one of them. I truly enjoyed how West made himself the inviisble person in this book, documenting the events that surrounded the men in his unit. I also admired how he left out the names of the soldiers whom he criticized. The tale feels honest and provides a perspective rarely seen in post-Vietnam America. Too often books about Vietnan are either apologetic or are technical in an effort not to offend. This book is neither. The world of these soldiers shrinks to the size of the village in which they serve. West is fair and even in his assessments of the US soldiers and of the Vietnamese. He demonizes people only as individuals and this only seldom. He makes a real effort to get at the true motivations of all the personalities involved. A unique and interesting perspective.
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