Review: Stand or Die
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2013
This is a well written yarn that vividly depicts the chaos of battle. The defense of the American embassy in Yemen by  two squads of US Marines ;and their relief by a Company of Army Rangers is a terrific story. It comes complete with civilian meddling, which complicates matters and costs lives. It also  shows, in my mind,the unfortunate tendency of U.S leaders to involve every branch of our military in every conflict. This all too often causes the operation to become very complicated. The airlift of an army ranger company from the United States, when there is a Marine MEU already in the area brings all four of the major services into the action. This has happened a number of times that I can remember, and it is a very expensive proposition. Enough bitching on my part,. This is a very good book, and I will be checking out this writers other book.