Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq96 reviews Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Vintage, 2007 Cobra 2 + A Book Well Worth It's Weight... + An excellent in depth analysis of the war in Iraq + Too bad Petraeus wasn't in charge 5 years ago...             Bush at War223 reviews Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster, 2003 Matter-of-fact Transcript of First 100 Days + Bush made strangely vulnerable + First Rough Draft of History This book is not an opinion piece--it's nearly a minute-by-minute matter-of-fact transcript of what transpired in the Bush administration in the first 100 days after 9/11, up to the capture of Kabul. There are no sweeping judgments here, just the facts, in an accessible and readable style. If ...             Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005315 reviews Thomas E. Ricks Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Best Documentation of Iraq War to date + Fantastic + Pleasantly Surprised + The story of an incredible American folly + INCOMPETENCY IN CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP.....WORST IN HISTORY             The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950 (Texas a & M University Military History Series)10 reviews Roy Edgar Appleman Texas A&M University Press, 1991 Honest, In Depth and Heartbreaking. + Can it get any worse? + Infantryman's War + A reader from St.John's, Newfoundland             We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam6 reviews Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway HarperAudio, 2001 On The Ground At Landing Zone X-ray + some problems + Excellent book on tape + Classic Book - Superb in Audiobook Format + History All Americans Should Know             Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005315 reviews Thomas E. Ricks Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Best Documentation of Iraq War to date + Fantastic + Pleasantly Surprised + The story of an incredible American folly + INCOMPETENCY IN CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP.....WORST IN HISTORY             Bush at War223 reviews Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster, 2003 Matter-of-fact Transcript of First 100 Days + Bush made strangely vulnerable + First Rough Draft of History This book is not an opinion piece--it's nearly a minute-by-minute matter-of-fact transcript of what transpired in the Bush administration in the first 100 days after 9/11, up to the capture of Kabul. There are no sweeping judgments here, just the facts, in an accessible and readable style. If ...             Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq96 reviews Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Vintage, 2007 Cobra 2 + A Book Well Worth It's Weight... + An excellent in depth analysis of the war in Iraq + Too bad Petraeus wasn't in charge 5 years ago...             The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950 (Texas a & M University Military History Series)10 reviews Roy Edgar Appleman Texas A&M University Press, 1991 Honest, In Depth and Heartbreaking. + Can it get any worse? + Infantryman's War + A reader from St.John's, Newfoundland             We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam6 reviews Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway HarperAudio, 2001 On The Ground At Landing Zone X-ray + some problems + Excellent book on tape + Classic Book - Superb in Audiobook Format + History All Americans Should Know