Book Review of "Soldiers in Revolt": Updated edition

Tweet FROM A REVIEW BY RON JACOBS ABOUT UPDATED BOOK ABOUT VIETNAM SOLDIERS

"If we are serious about getting the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, two things must happen: the military must fail in its recruitment efforts and the men and women currently serving must challenge the mission they have been assigned.

If this doesn’t occur, then the antiwar movement is likely to be just a never ending series of marches and other actions that become just another sideshow."

FROM A READER REVIEW OF THE BOOK ON AMAZON:
Nonetheless, the length and breadth of resistance is meticulously set forth, along with some surprising results -- enlistees were more likely to resist than draftees; the least educated were more likely to physically resist than the more educated. But most importantly, the research shows a rapidly disintegrating fighting force that belies apologist claims that the war was lost because it was fought "with one arm tied behind us". No, the war was lost because it was one that should never have been fought in the first place, as increasing numbers of those participating came to realize, (not to discount the astonishing will of the Vietnamese people to resist Western neo-colonialism) . All in all, this is an excellent resource for those wondering what actually went on inside the processing centers, the training bases, and the killing fields during a tumultuous period that in so many ways is still with us.

WORDS FROM SOLDIERS IN IRAQ:
“Many of the people who were attacking me were the poor people of Iraq. They were definitely not members of Al Qaeda, left over Baath Party members, and they were not former members of Saddam’s regime. They were just your average Iraqi civilian who wanted us out of their country. ... I remember the day I left there were hundreds of Iraqis in the streets outside the compound that I lived in. They watched as we moved out to the Baghdad Airport to finally go home. The Iraqis cheered, clapped, and shouted with joy as we were leaving. As a soldier, that hurt me inside because I thought I was supposed to be fighting for their freedom.” – John Bruhns

MORE WORDS FROM SOLDIERS IN IRAQ:
http://www.traveling-soldier.org/2.06.words.php