Robert’s Ridge - Book Review

Brian King | January 27, 2006  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Interestingly, Join Special Operations Command (JSOC) commissioned an officer to report on the events of this engagement so that lessons could be learned, the facts could be told, and the families would know exactly what their loved ones had been through. The level of research and detail was instrumental in helping MacPherson put together the deeper story of the men behind the battle. This report is included in the appendix, and the lessons drawn are interesting in and of themselves. In short, it illustrates the need to keep US soldiers sharp on how to fight with sticks even though they have the most advanced technology in the world backing them up. In this battle, men in "pajamas" were able to go toe-to-toe with the US fighting apparatus because of the limitations of allied equipment.

Overall, this book reads very fast, and is well worth the time spent sitting in on a sliver of these men’s lives. The book itself is a worthy investment as well - a portion of the proceeds go to the Special Operations Warriors Foundation, which provides money to cover the college education of the great men and women who fall in the Special Operations service.

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