Back in 2004, my editor at Gotham gave me an advance copy of this to read on one of my trips to New York. I started reading it in the Port Authority bus terminal while waiting for the trusty NJ Transit 312 to take me back to Atlantic City, and didn’t put it down until I finished it, somewhere south of Tom’s River. I think that says it all. This was a fantastic story, one that all Americans should read, particularly as we consider our commitments to a military presence in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s still relevant in 2008, as we are in the midst of another election cycle where the war is a rightfully major issue.

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