Sometimes this neglect of the facts on the ground hampers her argument considerably. Enthusiastic analysis is Schickel's strong point. He has a tendency to overstate. Some of the essays are disappointing. The freshest part for many readers may lie in learning how fighter pilots nourish their careers in peacetime . . .
Surprises are few, though sometimes large . . .
Whatever was learned was not settled when Glenn and co-author Taylor finished this book. Clooney has been through enough hell and had enough therapy not to be in a state of rage at the age of 71. But in its wise, homey way, her memoir gently grinds a number of axes . . . A rich, complicated life is evoked in a voice that filters strong emotion through a hard-earned commonsensical wisdom. More an essay on the ethical nature of democracies at war than a purely military history of three epic marches for freedom, for it claims that on rare occasions throughout the ages there can be a soul, not merely a spirit, in the way men battle.