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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By biro man
I bought this book hoping I could `get into' the experience of being a soldier fighting in Afghanistan, ( like J M Clark's book `Guns Up', about a Marine fighting in Vietnam ) but this book has a far wider scope than that so it's harder to `get into' but nevertheless provides a huge amount of detail, in fact probably too much detail.It describes the experience of two hundred military Task Force personnel: officers, soldiers, Special Forces, Navy Seals, helicopter pilots, etc who were involved in a long and complex battle in the mountains of Afghanistan in March 2002.It's undoubtedly a brilliant piece of research drawing together a complex web of different strands but it's not an easy read. I've read a number of military accounts of battles from WWII, Vietnam, the Falklands, and Iraq, but this one was harder to follow because of the number of different units and people involved. I found myself skipping some of the many passages of unnecessary detail.On the back cover military reviewers have described it as `a riveting read' and said, `you can't put it down'. I can only say that I had to put it down many times to back track and remind myself who was who, and which unit the different people were in.What I think it needs right at the front is a few pages of summary, outlining just the main units involved, the places, the timeline, and a brief summary of the main battle events with some clear diagrams showing the position of the main forces at the start, middle and end of the battle.This would provide a framework on which to hang the complex web of detail the book itself provides.It has 492 pages of text describing the battle, and there are photos of some of the men and equipment. Unfortunately there is only one single diagram ( on p171) showing the battle region itself, so it's hard to visualise in your head.At the front there is a `Cast of Characters', which names 32 main individuals, so rather than following just one unit, the book follows many different units.At the back there are 30 pages quoting the sources and references for the detailed accounts within the book, and also a six-page bibliography.As a piece of reporting, it's a brilliant piece of work ( apart from the omission of a summary as described above ) and the descriptions provide a `warts and all' account of the battle, including many incidents of great courage under fire but also the mistakes, confusion and questionable command decisions, and a 'friendly fire' incident.This is not a book to take to the beach. Its scope is wide so be prepared to concentrate and work at it if you want to keep track of everything that's going on, but it does provide a very detailed account of a major battle and describes the kind of fighting that's still going on in Afghanistan today.
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By Luke
In this book, the writer has clearly suffered from a strong case of over-documentation or over-research. He has done his homework, but should have left the actual writing to someone who can actually write. The precision, coming on top of flowery language ("the gray fingers of dawn", "as if the sky belonged to a different century") make this book unreadable.
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By Jared M
Not a Good Day to Die is an account of a US forces mission in Afghanistan that went tragically awry. As Sean Naylor relates, numerous planning blunders, interfering bureaucrats, and massive egos conspired to ensure that the mission would always have trouble meeting its objectives even before it had commenced. As a tragic consequence, unnecessary American lives were needlessly lost, and although there was heavy losses on the enemy side, it was a hollow victory, if one can even call it that.Although the writing is indepth and gripping, particularly in the active phase, I still found myself at times wanting to "get on with it". The initial half of the book discusses the planning stages, and at times I found all the elements confusing, and it was difficult to gain a big picture view of who was who and what their role was. This is partly due to the convoluted arrangements for command of the overall mission, so in a way, this confusion echoed how some of the mid level commanders in the numerous Task Forces and Force Rakkasan must have felt at times. Naylor relays well some of the more incredulous arrangements for the Anaconda mission infrastructure. I find it astonishing that senior US commanders (stand up Franks and Rumsfeld) wanted to approve real time, individual, air support missions in Afghanistan on a case by case basis from their bases in the US. It is interesting the extent to which the US command element relied heavily on high technology deployed on the battlefield, and which laterally caused so much problems. The political issues are also discussed, particularly the need for the US side of the operation to appear to the general Afghan population as being subsidiary to the Afghan element that was also part of Operation Anaconda.The latter half of the book comes alive as the mission is conducted. Mako 21 engaging an enemy outpost which inconveniently had been setup at the very place they were to set up their own OP. The convoys leaving the safe houses, Force Rakkasan deploying from Chinooks into the valley, and the whole LZ drama at the top of the mountain, which saw a soldier fall out of a helicopter and unfortunately left to be captured and executed by Al Quaida forces. Again, as with the first half, it was particularly confusing once the ground elements were in place and engaging the enemy, who was doing what, when and where. The author does include maps in the text which helps clarify the overall position for a reader a little. The reader really does have to focus to understand the big picture.Nonetheless, Not A Good Day to Die is recommended reading for military buffs wanting an account of a modern day war using the latest technology. Naylor was actually present for many of the planning briefings that occur in the first phase of the book, and is ideally placed to write of Operation Anaconda. He was able to interview the vast majority of the participants, although some of the more controversial characters, for example a Navy Seal commander who made operational blunders, were not made available for comment by the US Defence Department.
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