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"Left of Boom: The Struggle to Defeat the Roadside Bomb."
From Badger6 at Badgers Forward I have read "journalism is the first draft of history." As far as this war has gone I would tend to disagree with that, if anything has been the first draft of history it has been the Milblogs. (Yes, I understand that on a Milblog that probably sounds self-serving.) The Washington Post though has proved an exception to that rule with the series "Left of Boom: The Struggle to Defeat the Roadside Bomb." Written by Rick Atkinson author of the Liberation Trilogy, he does an excellent job of charting the history of the roadside bomb and our efforts to combat it. We worked at just Left of Boom or at Boom. These reports are mostly about the effort above the tacticall level; addressing the strategic and operational problems to help us address them on a tactical level. These reports explain the origin of many of the practices and systems we saw. Much of it makes much more sense now. This is top notch reporting and a true first draft of history. I highly recommend it to you. His post provides links to the four part series at the WaPo. Posted by: Chuck 2007-10-07 |
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