Book club: the real story

Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story was not written by someone with a political spin or an agenda to push. It was written by General Ricardo Sanchez, past commander of coalition forces in Iraq.

Any time someone questions the wisdom of the military strategy by the White House for dubya's war, one of the common talking points is always "listen to the leaders on the ground". Of course, what you will not hear from right-wing talking heads is that for a serving general to question military orders from the President would be treason, so we must wait until they are no longer generals to get the straight story.

General Sanchez wasn't just in the middle of dubya's war against Iraq - he was handed a debacle and expected to fix the mess. You can't get more "leader on the ground" than him.

Caveat - I've heard the book discussed, but unfortunately have not yet had the opportunity to read it, so I am pointing it out sight unseen. Normally I wouldn't do such a thing, but General Sanchez's clout makes up for it.