Boots on the Ground A Month With the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq

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Early Praise forBoots on the Ground "Karl Zinsmeister's splendid report from within the maelstrom of combat demonstrates how the public can benefit when America's superb military is closely observed by a superb reporter." --George F. Will, news columnist "A fast-moving story of courage and competence, written by an observer who offers a far different picture from what was presented by our mainstream media. A moving tribute to what free soldiers united in a common cause can accomplish." --Victor Davis Hanson, military historian "The finest, most objective piece of war journalism I've read since Ernie Pyle in WWII. Tells the story after talking to all grades of soldiers. No one else took time to tell the full story." --Burton Poole, Lt. Col., USAF, Retired "The most powerfully real 'war experience' I will probably ever have. I applaud its insight, voluminous factual information, the personal stories collected from many soldiers, and especially the discoveries about the power of love in extreme life and death situations. Karl Zinsmeister has done an invaluable service to America in getting to the heart and soul of this war." --Mary Lavato, a soldier's mother