Title: The authors account of events in Somalia
Product review: Major Stanton captures many items in this personal account of what happened to the 2/87th Infantry in Somalia.There were many people involved in Restore Hope and Major Stanton provides insight into a tiny slice of those lives. through the day to day events as seen by the command group without much exaggeration. This book would be well served with the blanks being filled in by the company commanders and first sergeants of the line companies that actually performed the operations, cordons and searches, and riot control situations described, not to mention the hours of patrolling, and waiting.It is interesting to note that in the recommended book lists "Black Hawk Down" the author vilifies the 10th Mountain Division and portrays the Rangers in a rather inaccurate light. Stanton's book is by far the most accurate account of the US involvement in Somalia to date.
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