D.K.R. Crosswell

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Not a bad memoir for anyone interested in the formation of the modern Ranger Regiment and the experiences of one of their principal leaders. However, I found it to have some serious flaws. I'll get to the point... this book really needed a better editor/advisor. Col. Puckett's writing leaves much to be desired. This is not a dig at the man, just stating my observation. So much of this book should have been edited and streamlined. On a side note (I started with audio and moved to print), the narration of the audiobook is simply terrible. That said, this is not factored into my overall assessment of the book, I'm still rating this a "2 star" or "Okay" read.… (mehr)

I was laboring through Beetle, The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith. by D.K.R. Crosswell, 2010. Five hundred pages into it and finally had enough and put it down. It is not that it was a bad book; I just didn't need to continue to wade through the excruciating details of every meeting, gathering, discussion, briefing, or planning session Smith was involved in, either as a member or that he might have heard about. The specter of hacking my way through another 500 pages was just more than I could bear. It would probably serve well as a source or research collection for a dissertation or similar work.

4/10 Will probably never finish it and will try to pawn it off onto some other rube.… (mehr)