In the Company of Soldiers : A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq

Left me a bit cold. The author did a good job of honoring the history of the region, describing the movements like an interesting chess game, and examining some of the bumbling policy behind the war. But Atkins follows General Petraeus but we never really find out who the man himself is. Atkins doesn't follow any particular soldier so he fails to humanize the conflict the way the accounts I've read by soldiers always do. Atkins also made me nervous every time he detailed American military weaknesses. Shhh. The end is sad and scary though.