The Good Soldiers

Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. “Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. And in telling the story of these good soldiers, the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also produced an eternal tale—not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel was with them in Bagdad, and almost every grueling step of the way. Among those listening were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. What was the true story of the surge? And was it really a success? Those are the questions he grapples with in his remarkable report from the front lines. Combining the action of Mark Bowden’s Black Hawk Down with the literary brio of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers is an unforgettable work of reportage. In January 2007, President George W. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them. It was the last-chance moment of the war. Well, here are the differences,” he told a skeptical nation.

Book Description It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. What was the true story of the surge? Was it really a success? Those are the questions he grapples with in his remarkable report from the front lines. Soldiers of the 2-16 Rangers wait for permission to enter a mosque. Sergeant Adam Schumann, regarded as one of the battalion's best soldiers on the day he was sent home with severe post -traumatic stress disorder. strategy known as "the surge," as photographed by David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers. Well, here are the differences," he told a skeptical nation. These are some of the faces of the U.S. Among those listening were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. Combining the action of Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down with the literary brio of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers is an unforgettable work of reportage. He called it "the surge." "Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel was with them in Bagdad almost every grueling step of the way. Two soldiers try to collect themselves after their Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. And in telling the story of these good soldiers, the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also produced an eternal tale--not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time.

Faces of the Surge Beneath every policy decision made in the highest echelons of Washington about how a war should be fought are soldiers who live with those decisions every day. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them.