Boots on the Ground (book)
- Boots on the Ground (book)
"Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq" is a book written by journalist Karl Zinsmeister, who was embedded with the storied 82nd Airborne Division during the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
About the book
"Boots on the Ground..." is an account of the war in Iraq with the 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne as it convoys north from Kuwait to Iraq's Tallil Air Base en route to night-and-day battles within the major city of Samawah and its bridges across the Euphrates. Zinsmeister, a frontline reporter embedded with the 82nd Airborne, seeks to convey the detailed planning and technical execution that make up today's warfare. The book brings to life local firefights and the constant air-ground interactions that are one of the key innovations of modern precision combat.
About the author
Karl Zinsmeister wrote "Boots" while working as editor of "The American Enterprise". In May 2006, he was appointed the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. He is a J.B. Fuqua Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his research has spanned demographic and social trends, economics, politics, and cultural topics. In addition to "The American Enterprise", he has been published in journals ranging from "The Atlantic Monthly" to "Reader's Digest".
Zinsmeister has written a number of books in addition to "Boots on the Ground".
Book details
*ISBN 0-312-99608-X
*Formats: Hardback, mass market paperback
*Publication date: September 2003
*Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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