Just finished a good read on the most recent Iraq war, "Embedded," by--drat!
brain function failure again!--anyway, the online booksellers will have the
details. It's a series of vignettes of various embedded reporters' adventures.
I know that doesn't sound like much, but it really is a rip-roaring good read,
and gives a very graphic depiction of the horror house that was Saddam's Iraq.
Goes on the shelf with "The March Up."

Incidentally, I have sat in on a few conversations with returning military
types, plus read some letters and e-mails from folks still in country, and
there certainly does seem to be a huge disconnect between what they are saying
about conditions in Iraq and what is reported on the news. Something is
screwy.


Chris Mark