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Review title: You are missing the point
Product review: If you read this book as "why we are in Iraq", then you are missing the point. Kaplan does a good job of describing today's VOLUNTEERS, as compared to Hollywood's version of Vietnam draftees we've seen portrayed in film, fiction, and prose. He is not trying to defend today's administration -- in fact many of the policies and projects he describes go as far back as Kennedy. He puts a face on the men (mostly) who make up today's armed forces, and he disappoints those who think they are all troglodyte, parole-jumpers looking for a better life.I really like the book, despite its similarity to a Theroux travelogue, because he is giving a voice to people who are "better seen than heard" in our culture. There will never be enough stories of generals who don't get it, but to hear real men tell real stories about what it's like to be on the edge of the empire is worth the price of this book.
