Sometimes there are Freebies…tasks that you somehow cannot avoid. My wife is a member of a reading club. She didn’t have time to read this enormous book. Also she was not particularly interested in the subject. I did, and I was. The following is my very simple and not very complete book review that she took to her book club.. Book: It Doesn’t Take A Hero Author: General H. Norman Schwartzkopf (and Peter Petre) An Autobiography The book covers his life, highlighting the problems within his family: his mother’s alcoholism, and later his sister’s political views. The book covers a span of time with includes Stormin’ Norman’s experiences in the Middle East from The Ottoman Empire to the present day. Swartzkopf grew up in a military family, his father was a West Point graduate, and he was expected to attend as well. Before college, Swartzkopf lived and attended school in Iran, Switzerland, and Germany. After West Point, he served in many capacities, the most important in terms of teaching him leadership skills was in the jungles of Vietnam. The carefully detailed convolutions of his pathway to and through various ranks is not particularly interesting, but does explain the wide range of his skills, all of which eventually lead him to his last command over Desert Storm. The most revealing insight to me was the continual stupidity, irregardless of political party, of politicians (elected and appointed) and the ways they misuse the military and sometimes cause unnecessary deaths for our own troops through attempts at micromanagement of military campaigns. I found the book to be a fast read, and generally interesting.
(c) Copyright 2006: George Wallace recently published a book on religion which lashes out at nearly all of the comfortable ideas about God, the trappings of organized religion, and the priesthood. His pithy comments and suggestions for a return to a God-centered personal religion will interest everyone. This article may be freely reprinted so long as all copyright attributions, and the full content of this resource box are included. www.OhGodIsThatYou.com
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