Just finished house to house. This is an amazing book.. keeps the politics out.
It is the story of an infantryman in faluja (however it is spelled) in Iraq. I learned a lot about what these guys went through.
Some interesting things in the book.. the place was a fortress.. terrorists from all over the world were there and intended to die.. roads and houses were often mined and boobytrapped.
The terrorists were often drugged to the eyeballs and they had a lot of captured American gear. Often.. the 223 had little or no effect on these people.. Handguns and shotguns were used a lot. The terrorists were extremely "brave" and willing to fight to the death or even stand in the open to draw fire and assess our strength.
The soldiers were portrayed in what I think is an even and fair way and are worthy of our highest praise.
There is a LOT of very personal hand to hand combat in the book. It is not for the squeemish.
Get the book.. you will not be bored or regret it.
lazs
