Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat...

Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster ... | Michael Yon | In praise of the soldier

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	Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster ... Michael Yon Richard Vigilante Books, 2008 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 112 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

absolutely awesome and unbias

this book was so good I couldnt put it down and Michael talked like a person who was there and didnt take sides but wrote about what is really happening,and the importance of this information
I sent one of these books to the mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq and who was with this unit.
Sgt. Adam Plumadore, will never be forgotten as long as there are people talking the truth to the rest of us. and not the sensationalism of the news medias
everyone should read this book.
Julieann

In praise of the soldier

I am an amateur student of military history and this is by far one of the best books I have ever read. On par with "Killer Angels" it tells the story of the Iraqi war from the participants perspective. Yon has unblemished praise for our coalition soldiers, the Iraqi people and, their soldiers. This is not a rah rah tale of US supremacy. He is candidly critical of the US's early failed strategy. He is apolitical and makes it clear that despite amazingly great strides in the last year we could still fail. His praise of individual officers and NCO's is a tribute to the military. He describes in detail how individual leaders grasped the concept of counterinsurgency. These modern warriors have become friends with the tribal leaders and turned the tide of the war. There is a face on the Iraqi citizen that I have not seen from any journalist during this war. He vividly reports of numerous firefiqhts in which he was embedded. His description of a British mechanics' valor in Basra is journalism at its best. There is closing message of hope for Iraq. It is a fitting tribute to the lives of 4,000 of our finest citizens. I am ordering 5 copies for friends and a copy for one very anti-war veteran who raised me.

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A Vital Book

The American people are being systematically misled by the media, which report only the things that are likely to discourage people from supporting the completion of our mission in Iraq. Our mission is to stabilize the country so we can leave, and there will be no possibility of Iraq becoming a hotbed for exporting terrorism to our shores. Would that more reporters were honest with the people, as Michael Yon is. Yon is a reporter who has been embedded with our military for many months. He himself had military experience, and understands the situation well. Our troops trust him, and will tell him things they otherwise would not readily share. He tells the good, bad, and the ugly. He doesn't spare the criticism of our early policies, and tells exactly why they failed. He then follows our progress, and shows how General Petraeus' policy of mingling with the Iraqis stabilized Mosul very rapidly. This stability was unraveled because we pulled out too quickly. Thus, in discussing General Petraeus, he shows why he was chosen to lead the entire effort in Iraq. His narrative includes little tidbits, such as the time when the troops knew that the terrorist had not recently gotten out of bed as he claimed, because he was wearing his socks. Yon tells us that Iraqis don't wear socks to bed because they believe this will make them blind. And then he says, "I'm not making this up." This is a very human book, with lots of individual stories of heroism and other events, the kind of book you can't put down. There is a section of pictures. The cover photo, of an American solder lovingly carrying an Iraqi girl, won the hearts of many Iraqis. Why will we win? Because al Qaeda does nothing but wantonly destroy, and the people are turning against them. Yon portrays the progess to the point where we have stabilized most regions, and the Iraqi military is increasingly taking over the defense of the nation. We are winning the peace in Iraq. Yon doesn't conclude what policies we should follow in the future, but strongly suggests that we should stay the course. If you want accurate, unbiased information to balance out the misrepresentations and omissions of the media, read this book! We as Americans CANNOT formulate a policy of success unless we are informed. And, the very future of our nation is in the balance. So read this book and become informed!

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The unvarnished truth

Michael Yon has done yeoman's work as an embedded correspondent during the war in Iraq. As is so often the case in complex endeavors, the situation in Iraq is not as black and white as the partisans on both sides of the political divide would have you believe. Mr. Yon explores the ever-changing shades of gray and reports both triumphs and tragic mistakes. This book was an eye-opener.

candid, hard-hitting journalism..

Amazing book. Hard-hitting piece of journalism from a writer beholden to no one. What I found so interesting and so hard to find anywhere else is the relationship between Iraqi's and our American troops so well described here. Yon acknowledges our mistakes and the fact that we were a hair's breath from losing this war and it becoming the biggest foreign policy mistake in our history. The turning point? Gen. David Petreaus. He's written the book on fighting this insurgency. And American values which compared to the lack of values from Al Qaeda turned the tide as far as the Iraqi people are concerned. With the co-operation of the Iraqi's, Al Qaeda is being driven out and beaten down. The respect and admiration of the Iraqi's for the American soldier is so clearly written here but not in chest-thumping, flag waving sales job but in a way we can all be proud of.

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