On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom

by Gregory Fontenot, E.J. Degen, David Tohn

During a 38-year career as a soldier that included duty as an artillery forward observer in Vietnam and ended as commander of US Central Command during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF), I came to appreciate the value of the lessons learned concept to both commissioned officers and NCOs. Studying the successes and failures of recent campaigns is essential to leaders’ professional development as they strive toward greater technical and tactical profi ciency.

Genres: Military Fiction, History

542 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2005

Reviews

[Rob Tesselaar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides a good summary of the planning and execution of the initial portion of operations in Iraq in 2003 and a snapshot of how the situation was understood by the US Army as of August that year. The authors freely admit the shortcomings of publishing a history so soon after events occurred, so I will not comment on how interpretations have changed in the 15 intervening years. For me, the bigger flaws come from the rush to get this work published - It could have used another round of editing.

[David Johnston · Rating 1 out of 5]

One star because I tried reading the Kindle version and the text is chapter after chapter of repeating lines of text and jumbled up words. Almost completely unreadable. Where's the money I paid for this garbage!

I have the impression that if I had been able to read it it would be a good book...who knows?