Book Reviews
Folks -
I recently read two books which linked, in an way that historical events sometimes manage, two American men with little in common. One man was the CEO of a large firm which handled transactions worth $200 Billion in U.S. Treasuries and other currency exchanges every single day. The other was a sergeant in a U.S. Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) team, with operational experience in thirty-four countries, and seven decorations actions in combat.
The event which linked them was the attack of September 11, 2001, and the stories they tell are separated by 19 months and thousands of miles. Both show us death, and both talk of courage, but the context of their stories is so disparate that to connect the events would be improbable in any book of fiction.
These kind of stories are important to know, if for no other reason than to understand the events which drove the American Administration into two pre-emptive wars in the first decade of the 21st Century, and gained the enmity of much of the world.
For your information.
Jim Szpajcher
