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Title: Bottom 10% speaks
Review: This was a difficult book to read because lacks mature analysis. In the military, platoon and company leaders complain that 90% of their time is taken by the bottom 10% of the Marines, which are those who think being a punk and being tough is the same thing. Swofford appear to be one of the 10%. Swofford lays the "troubled youth" on thick. An adolescent thinker, Swofford spends more time talking about drinking, acting suicidal/homicidal and other complaints than on thoughtful analysis of the topics he raises. A Marine reading the book will see this fast. There are a host of better books, so do not be lured in by a desire to learn about the Gulf war. Read Webb's Field of Fire for a look into a Marine's mind. wait for a good Gulf war book.
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