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Holt, 2004, 25.00, 319 pp.
ISBN: 0805075615
As an embedded journalist with the 101st Airborne (“Band of Brothers” fame), Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent and military historian Richard Atkinson provides a deep look at the Iraq War from the perspective of the American troops. Though the concentration is more on the field grade officers, no one seems to have been left out of this effort. Readers learn how the soldier sees things whether it is equipment and supply shortages or overages (sounds contradictory, but is a big concern) or the individual and group safety in a hostile environs. Mr. Atkinson furbishes insight from the moment the division is called up to leave Fort Campbell to deploy to the desert until the capture of Baghdad when the author returns to the states.
Military history buffs will realize that the author salutes the army for their superb efforts to win a war while fighting nature and preventing civilian casualties though not all went well. IN THE COMPANY OF SOLDIERS: A CHRONICLE OF COMBAT is clearly anti this war yet fully supportive of the soldiers that the books raves about as courageous, sincere, and capable. Mr. Atkinson condemns the administration for lack of logistical planning and for its rationale for armed combat (being revised by the winners to we did right removing an abusive dictator; if that was the cause then the administration should have taken that thesis to the American people). Rumsfeld bashing aside, Mr. Atkinson clearly congratulates the deserving 101st with a twenty-one gun salute.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history:
- 20th century
History of military?
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Nationality?
- American--General
Specific war?
- Iraq/Gulf War II
Subjects of this Historical Account
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Sympathetic
From a certain profession/group?
- land soldiers
Intelligence of subject of
history:
- Smart
Main Adversary
From a certain profession/group?
- infantry soldiers
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
Religion? (if plays a major part)
- Muslims!
Nationality?
- Indian
Ethnicity? (if plays big part)
- Arabic
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Somewhat Unsympathetic
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Iraq
If applicable, liberal/conservative?
- Historian is very moderate
Style
How much gore?
- 3 ()
How fast-paced is the book?
- 7 ()
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel...
- challenged
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
How much romance?
- 1 ()
Maps necessary?
- Necessary maps provided
How much emphasis on small details?
- 5 ()
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