Review: Good Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2012
For a non fiction book this reads really easy and much like a novel. Because of the author's conversational writing style and the short length, I was able to get through this in one afternoon. The first chapter draws you in.  From the start, I almost forgot that I was reading a single man's account of his tour in Somalia during the 1992-1993 Somalia conflict. That's is actually a good thing, since most non fiction books tend to bore you after the first 20 pages.Mogadishu's Diary is an ex-Marine's account of his tour in Somalia during 1992-1993. Despite it's short length, the reader receives an interesting portrayal of life in the Marine encampment and the surrounding area. I do find it interesting that the narrator ends up befriending the son of the very man the Marines were sent to capture. What are the odds.If you are interested in the Somali conflict, this books adds ones man's account in a major event. Well worth the read.