In a Time of War

shogun
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:38:35 +0000

I would have to disagree, Big Green–I found Absolutely American pretty boring. I found this book to be especially well written and politically neutral. It vividly describes the darker realities of war as it affects not only the soldiers who gave their lives but also their families. The whole point of the book WAS “to tell the story of some of the heroic members of the Class of 2002”. I thought the author did so in a politically neutral and realistic way. I certainly didn’t notice anything non-factual in it. It reminded me of a book I read a few years back, about the Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill on Okinawa. I know that the familiy of Todd Bryant supports the book and they are among the most “conservative” people politically that I know. The book tells the story of their son and his classmates, some of it charming, some of it heroic, and some of it just plain ugly war.