Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Some may say Megellas is self-congratulatory, brutal, tasteless. Others will say he is an ultimate hero. His own account indicates to me he is like many men, somewhere between hero and villain. And his account is above all else, frank and honest. Megellas was not a cook, senior officer, engineer. His Military Occupational Specialty was as he says plainly to "kill Germans". Megellas makes it clear that persevering amidst so much death required an unpleasant "kill or be killed", "war is hell" mentality. Megellas admits he was brutal but that so were the Germans and that killing can get personal if a buddy is killed. If you like the clean Patton, Ike, Hollywood portrayals of D-Day and Market Garden, this book is not for you. He doesn't hide his grunt's contempt for higher-ups (Colonels and higher) or rear echelon support types. Nor does he hide the savage behavior of war-hardened troopers: looting dead Germans, his own stealing of wine from a church. The book is good for authentic accounts of patrols, army jargon, equipment (US and German), tactics, etc. Those who liked Band of Brothers may like this. I sure did. Is this book a glorification of war or a condemnation of its brutality?? It's hard to tell! The author disliked patriots at home who had an innocent view of war but he says clearly that the Germans and Italians deserved what they got. As one of the six Ripon