Title: The Good Soldiers
Description: [From the jacket] What is the true story of [George W. Bush's Iraq] surge? And was it really a success? Those are the questions that &hellip; Finkel grapples with in his remarkable report from the front lines. &hellip; And in telling  the story of these good soldiers [of Battalion 2-16 in Baghdad], the heroes and the ruined, Finkel has also produced an eternal tale&mdash;not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time.
Subjects: New York Times bestseller, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2010-08-22, United states, army, military life, Iraq war, 2003-2011, Battles, Soldiers, Insurgency, Iraq, history, New York Times reviewed