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Masterful Book

Revisado: 02-16-22

Robert Greene is my favorite author, and this book doesn't disappoint. The narration is excellent, and the historical stories vividly come to life through compelling narratives. If the consensus among experts is thaf it takes approximately 10,000 hours to reach mastery in any given pursuit, then there's no time to waist! Get this book!

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A Must Read

Revisado: 03-16-21

I had the distinct honor of working with Erik Edstrom when I was a Private in the Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard. To this day, it is strange for me to address him by his first name because I knew him as Captain Edstrom or simply and respectfully as Sir. Erik Edstrom was my first Platoon Leader (PL) in the Army and he set a high bar for me to measure all subsequent PL's to. In my eyes, he was Captain America incarnate and that is what we lower enlisted Soldiers sometimes called him when he was out of earshot. I respected the Hell out of him and looked up to him as a role model. This is the idealized view of him that I have held for all these years and I still hold him in high esteem now that I have read his book.

Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War is a hard pill to swallow for anyone who serves, or who has served, in the Military, but it is a necessary pill for the health of our profession and the Nation. It strives valiantly to right the wrongs of so many decisions made by civilian and Military leaders over the past 20 plus years spanning four Presidencies. At the very least, the book's message pleads with us to be more aware and to question the legitimacy and morality of the conflicts we as warriors and responsible citizens are endorsing with our service and political consent. I encourage all of us honorable and dedicated citizens and service members to read this book with an open mind and a humble heart. I must warn you now that it won't be an easy task for some of you. I will admit that it was a struggle for me to put aside my personal biases and emotional reactions to get to the end. If I can do it, then anyone can.

I am a Sergeant First Class in the Army Infantry now; a far cry from the naive and impressionable Private I started out as. I have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and I have experienced firsthand the loss of my Soldiers dying. Reading Un-American definitely brought back a lot of hard memories and forced me to face them head on. As a seasoned Non-Commissioned Officer, I was initially defensive and critical of Edstrom's views at the outset of the book. It took me to the final section before a switch finally was flipped inside me, and I understood where he was coming from. He was not attacking my 11 years of faithful Military service; he was shedding a light on the shadows that haunt our country's past and plague our current foreign policy. He forces you to look head on in the mirror and ask yourself to reconcile your patriotism with your humanity. We all must conduct a moral and ethical compass check to determine if our collective azimuth is on course. This book has helped me re-zero my sights on what my duties are as a responsible leader in today's modern Army. It has inspired me to take the torch that Edstrom holds out to us all to light the way forward as citizens and responsible, servant leaders and lead in a way that honors all that have fallen in this war and protect the lives of those who are still alive with dignity and respect.

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Wish the audio quality was better

Revisado: 10-24-18

I was looking forward to this audio program considering that the content had a great collection of speakers that I wanted to enjoy listening to but unfortunately the audio quality detracted from that experience. Although the sound quality of the interviewer was clear and reminiscent of an NPR host, the actual speakers who were being asked questions and talking sounded poorly mic'd, distant, and tin can toned that was closer to sounding like Charlie Brown's teacher than a high quality Audible program.

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