Went into this expecting an old boring war book about guns and military tactics but instead I got a really fast paced and action filled story about a hero I was really rooting for. I wasn't just dropped into the middle of the action it was built up and explained and we got to see where the hero was coming from. I have never read a book like this before and was pleasantly surprised I liked it. My only complaints about this were the gross description of women and how they were viewed and the fact that almost every single page had racist remarks. After the 50th racist line directed at Arabs I'd gotten the point but it kept going and for that it lost a star.