Reviews & Praise
"Atkinson actually learned he'd won the 2003
Pulitzer for An Army at Dawn, his history of the World War II North African
campaign, while he was eating dust in the push toward Baghdad. So you'd expect
this new volume, In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat, would be
the most intimate, vivid and well-informed account yet published of those major
combat operations that President Bush declared at an end on May 1. And it is."
--New York Times Book Review (read
the full review)
"Rick Atkinson gives us a beautifully written and memorable account of
combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and
front line grunts battle their way to Baghdad. If you want to understand the big
picture and up-close experiences of soldiers in modern warfare, In the
Company of Soldiers is a must-read."
--Tom Brokaw
"A Pulitzer-winning Washington Post
correspondent and military historian gives the best account yet to come out of
the Iraq War, chronicling the unit in which the author was embedded, the 101st
Airborne . . . an eloquent and incisive tribute to how the men and women of the
101st won their part of the war in Iraq, in a manner that bears comparison to
his Pulitzer winning WWII volume, An Army at Dawn. Superb writing and
balance make this the account to beat."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A superbly written account of the recent
unpleasantness in Mesopotamia . . . Much of Atkinson's account has a commander's
eye, synoptic view of the 2003 Iraq campaign, and it resounds with extraordinary
statistics and facts that presumably were not available to the average grunt . .
. Atkinson's memoir is engaging on many levels; for civilians, it provides a
crash course in military culture, while veterans will appreciate some of the
eternal verities of that culture's illogic . . . Sure to be textbook reading at
the Pentagon, but deserving of the widest audience."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Atkinson's excellent reportage will be intently
read, both as a tableau of contemporary martial argot and ethos, and for
officers thoughts about their assignment in Iraq."
--Booklist
". . . A perceptive, exciting and engaging book.
The battle scenes are heart-pounding narratives of officers directing combat."
--The Washington Post's Book World
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