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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat.(Book Review)

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-DEC-04
Format: Online - approximately 1070 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. By Rick Atkinson. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2004. Maps. Photographs. Glossary. Index. Pp. 319. $25.00. ISBN: 0-8050-7561-5 and Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War. By Evan Wright. New G. a...

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...York: P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. Maps. Photographs. Pp. 354. $24.95. ISBN: 0-399-15193-1

The best war correspondents report from as close to the battle as they can get. In covering the U.S. invasion of Iraq during March and April 2003, Rick Atkinson and Evan Wright hump alongside the frontline troops. Their books describe nearly insane dedication to mission by American fighting men. With In the Company of Soldiers, Atkinson continues his Pulitzer Prizes-winning style of reporting by following the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to Baghdad, focusing on the activities of Maj. Gen. David Petraeus. In Generation Kill, Wright rides in the back seat of a Marine First Reconnaissance...

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