Halberstam's last book (he was killed in a car accident just after it was published in 2007) harnesses his formidable journalistic skills to weave stories of military blunders and political miscalculations that have uncanny echoes in what is happening today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don't expect to read about British endeavour. This is an all-American tale of 'death by a thousand cuts' of its former military hero, Douglas MacArthur. Fascinating, but chilling stuff!
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 49 January 2009 ) |
