A group of U.S. soldiers emailed their observations and experiences from Iraqand their candid opinions on fighting an insurgency. This book is the result. Thisstartling collection of emails is a thoughtful and compelling narrative that carriesthe reader from the alleys and city streets to the homes of long-suffering Iraqis,and from the soldiers' concrete bunkers to the “majestic” army base.Along the way, the reader is asked to consider the puzzles posed for a disciplinedarmy engaged with an enemy that hides amid—and indeed, targets—a civilianpopulation.