What It is Like to Go to War by Karl MarlantesMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I highly recommend it to any reader. It's not just a book about a combat veteran telling his story, it's about how to overcome adversity and pain in your life and overcome it.
One of the best parts of the book was when he wrote about how he had a "Death Mass" in a church that help liberate him from his guilt and pain from the Vietnam War.
It should most certainly should be read by every combat veteran and every in coming serviceman and woman in the military. It'd be a good book for Police Officers, EMT's, Doctors, Shrinks, Pastors and family members who have family who served or that are currently in combat situations in the military.
I really enjoyed this book, it's a tale most will never know unless they read it and absorb its great meaning and message. By the way this guy was born in Astoria, OR and grew up in Seaside, OR.
Here's a review from one combat veteran:
“To say that this book is brilliant is an understatement—Marlantes is the absolute master of taking the psyche of the combat veteran and translating it into words that the civilian or non-veteran can understand. I have read many, many books on war and this is the first time that I've ever read exactly what the combat veteran thinks and feels—nothing I have ever read before has hit home in my heart like this book.”
Gunnery Sergeant Terence D’Alesandro, 3rd Batallion, 5th Marines, U.S. Marine Corps
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