The Mission, The Men, and Me

Surprisingly good - I've owned this book for years and assumed it was just going to be “another SOF cool guy bro-out history” replete with their version of history and whose fault all the mistakes were (rarely them).

To be fair, there's plenty of finger-pointing to go around, but it's in this oddly (and usefully) instructional way. Despite it being a narrative, I honestly felt like the guy was right there telling me about what happened and inviting me to participate in learning from him.

Some great key points and takeaways were hit over-and-over; I'm going to get the Kindle edition just so I can more easily snag and review those quotes, and I can really see myself re-reading at least parts of this, not for the story they tell, but the lessons they teach.

Guess it goes to show not all SOF are created equal.