Location:
The Heritage Foundarion's Lehrman Auditorium
Boots on the Ground quickly becomes an action-filled microcosm
of the new kinds of ultramodern war fighting showcased in the
overall battle for Iraq. At the same time it remains specific to
the daily travails of the soldiers. Karl Zinsmeister, a frontline
reporter who traveled with the 82nd, vividly conveys the careful
planning and technical wizardry that go into today's warfare, even
local firefights, and he brings to life the constant air-ground
interactions that are the great innovation of modern precision
combat.
What exactly does it feel like to travel with a spirited body of
fighting men? To come under fire? To cope with the battlefield
stresses of sleep-deprivation, and a steady diet of field rations
for weeks on end? Readers of this day-to-day diary are left with
not only a flashing sequence of strong mental images, but also a
notion of the sounds and smells and physical sensations that make
modern military action unforgettable.
"Karl Zinsmeister's splendid report from within the maelstrom of
combatdemonstrates how the public can benefit when America's superb
military is closely observedby a superb reporter." - George F.
Will
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