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Title: War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom (With DVD) by Oliver L. North ISBN: 0-89526-063-8 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (16 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Get past the partisan politics and its a good book!
Comment: First and foremost Oliver North has strong political convictions. Whether you agree with his politics or not, is your own personal business. But buyer beware, his politics is a part of this book.

Now, if you can look beyond his politics, again whether you agree or disagree, this is a great first hand look at the War in Iraq and a look at being an embedded reporter during this war.

Again, politics aside, this is a great primary source reading on both the war and the media coverage of the war.

North brings a lot of military experience into his reporting and that is an added plus.

The DVD that comes with the book is fantastic. However, I warn all readers that they should read the book before watching the DVD. The DVD covers much of the same material in the book, and you will find both the book and DVD more enjoyable if you read before you watch.

Again, get over, accept, ignore, North's politics and you have a great book/DVD primary source of the second war in Iraq.

This book shows how brave our military is!

Rating: 5
Summary: A well-deserved salute to the protectors of freedom
Comment: With all of the negative gloom-and-doom pessimism of the liberal media, War Stories proves to be a veritable fresh breath of air that salutes the commendable bravery and courage of our men and women protecting our freedom both home and abroad. With the likes of Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather incessantly ballyhooing about the daunting "quagmire" in Iraq like a broken record, Col. Oliver North provides an - get this - honest account of what REALLY transpired during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In an impromptu interview with two grunts of the 4th ID, North, in an attempt to ascertain the truth and to dispel the unfounded rumors of an ill-prepared and ill-equipped US military, asked the soldiers: "The New York Times says the Marines are out of food, water, and ammo. Are you hungry?"
"No, sir."
"Are you thirsty?"
"No, sir."
"Are you short on ammo?"
"No, sir."
"Well, what do you need?"
'Without a moment's hesitation, the young Marine replies, "Just send more enemy, sir."'

Suffice to say, you won't find that on your network evening news or in The New York Times. North gives us not only unbiased accounts from foot soldiers, but also great previously unseen footage from Operation Iraqi Freedom on the enclosed DVD. With the book and the DVD, how can you go wrong?

Rating: 5
Summary: A Soldier's Story
Comment: Oliver North's "War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom" is a straightforward and compelling view into the Iraqi war as told through the eyes and voices of the young American's who were fighting it. This is as refreshingly-far from the armchair generals and TV talking-head analysts as one can get, providing unique insight into what was happening as seen by North while embedded with the Marines as they fought their way from Kuwait to Baghdad to Tikrit in March-April, 2003. Told in a series of vignettes - "sitreps" in mil-speak" - Retired Marine Colonel North relates the story as he sees it, depending more on the perspective of the enlisted men than of the senior officers of his unit. North captures the details of day-to-day life in desert, where sacrifices are routine and acts of heroism common and mostly unsung. He delivers these tales with straight prose and clinical precision, resisting any temptation to sensationalize or to evoke pity. It is an honest and unvarnished view of the Iraq war, at least as seen through the rather narrow sights of the unit with which North traveled. (In fact, as North notes frequently, he and he troops on the ground had scant insight to the progress of the war in the "big picture". An occasional opportunity to catch a Fox News transmission were their best sources of intelligence).

It is unfortunate that some will dismiss or disparage this fine documentary simply because they disagree with Oliver North's political views. I happen to believe that Colonel North is an inspiration and a great American, but notwithstanding, "War Stories" is a powerful first-hand portrayal of one of the most important historical events of our time. If not for North, then read it as a tribute to our young volunteer armed forces who have sacrificed so much.