I certainly don't know why he wrote this book, for Brady never actually systematically tried to answer the question posed in his title Why Marines Fight. Some of the individual stories of men he interviewed were very good, but they get buried amid references to Brady himself and the continual name dropping. Supposedly Brady had a wealth of material as Marines in droves responded with letters to him when they heard about the proposed title to the book. Expecting to read the stories of unknown Marines, I was disappointed when so much of the book covered the stories of Marines turned famous politician such as James Webb and John Warner of Virginia and the late John Chaffee of Rhode Island. Whether that was Brady's choice or those of his editor, I wish far more space had been given to the stories of lesser known Marine and no space at all to John Warner's penchant for dating beautiful and filthy rich women. An ever greater waste of space are the political comments on events in Iraq and Afghanistan scattered throughout the book on a random basis. These opinions bear no relevance to Brady's purported topic and show no special insight on Brady's behalf. They merely echo the conventional wisdom of Brady's peers on the celebrity journalist beat at Parade magazine.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ANY PERSON, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR ALL MARINES,THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT MOST OF THE MARINES WHERE OFFICERS AND WE ALL KNOW THE HEART OF THE MARINE CORPS IS THE ENLISTED GRUNT.SEMPER FI