The book was really good.
Not biased...just a look at the Marines being Marines.
Side note. This was the peace then wartime Marine Corps.
The MC that Wright wrote about was still “blowing the dust off” from years of non war. I was told by a gyrene radioman that the corps runs much smoother as a war machine now that it did that first year..... combat experienced NCO’s and Officers doing realistic training, most of the bed wetters have been run out etc.
Anyone else heard this?
I thought this as well. I bought the book without very high expectations. If they stay true to the book, it will be fine.
I agree that the book was really a pretty good read, heavy on the action, light on the political. The line “Vote Republican” had me laughing out loud when I read it.
A lot of these effete ivy league journo types were stricken with testosterone envy at the beginning of the war and the embed process. Most had never been around military types and they viewed them as some type of socialogical study (why would these men choose to live this life? Good grief! They’re physically active! And some have attended college!). The usual biases against those who serve were evident (no choice, no school, no talent, etc) and were severly challanged by the facts on the ground causing the wimps to questions their own value system.
I suspect Wright suffered from some of this.