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Summary: Outstanding, A Page Turner
Review: If you like books about the miltary, you will want to read this one. I'm not a great fan about reading but couldn't put this book down.
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Summary: A great read...
Review: Once you begin reading this series you will be hooked for the duration. Once I begin reading a Griffin book, I cannot put it down.
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Summary: A Great Beginning to an Informative Series
Review: Take these four men: (1) an intellectual Trade School (West Point) early-out to join-the-war-effort (WWII), (2) a mustang (rises to officer ranks from enlisted), (3) a rich boy sportsman, and (4) a 4th generation soldier whose ancestor was a Buffalo Soldier, and you have "The Lieutenants" and "The Captains", "The Majors", etc. Assorted other officers and enlisted personnel blend into the story to create the beginning of a fast-paced, informative series.Learn about armor and armored cav tactics, plus gain an insight into the ground floor of army aviation. Learn about the 4 S's, regular vs. reserve commissions, and various ways to obtain a commission. All in a fiction format! I have re-read this series at least 3 times.
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Summary: Required Reading at Army OCS!
Review: The Brotherhood of War series was recommended to me when I attended OCS in 1986. The cadre "Strongly" encouraged us to read the Lieutenants. They didn't have to tell us to keep the reading the series. I read them straight through (The Generals was the last book at the time). Then, my classmates and I waited with anticipatation for The New Breed, and the Aviators. Both great additions to the series. Now, I cannot wait to read the latest book, "Special Operations". Ever since I become an officer, I've given "The Lieutenants" as a gift to every new Second Lieutenant in my unit, and recommended it to dozens more. If we carry ourselves even partially the way Lowell, Felter and the rest, this country would never lose a battle, much less a war.
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Summary: Required Reading at Army OCS!
Review: The Brotherhood of War series was recommended to me when I attended OCS in 1986. The cadre "Strongly" encouraged us to read the Lieutenants. They didn't have to tell us to keep the reading the series. I read them straight through (The Generals was the last book at the time). Then, my classmates and I waited with anticipatation for The New Breed, and the Aviators. Both great additions to the series. Now, I cannot wait to read the latest book, "Special Operations". Ever since I become an officer, I've given "The Lieutenants" as a gift to every new Second Lieutenant in my unit, and recommended it to dozens more. If we carry ourselves even partially the way Lowell, Felter and the rest, this country would never lose a battle, much less a war.
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Summary: This book is saved by its depiction of the war in Greece
Review: The counterinsurgency war in Greece immediately after WWII is one of the least dealt-with periods of the Cold War. There is no logical reason for this, since it was the U.S. military's first experience fighting Communist guerrillas, later repeated in Vietnam and Latin America. Griffin deals with a little known ignored but nevertheless important time and place, and does it well. There are only three books (I haven't read "The Colonels" yet, so I can't judge that) worth reading in the "Brotherhood of War" series: "The Lieutenants," "The New Breed," and "The Generals" (the best of the series, since it's the only one that can stand on its own apart from the series.)
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Summary: Captures the essence of being an Army officer
Review: This book and series has it down cold: Griffin knows what it's like to be an Army officer. As one review for this book said, "don't pick up this book if you don't want to purchase the entire series." "Brotherhood of War" is wonderful -- and accurate (something not often found these days).
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Summary: Captures the essence of being an Army officer
Review: This book and series has it down cold: Griffin knows what it's like to be an Army officer. As one review for this book said, "don't pick up this book if you don't want to purchase the entire series." "Brotherhood of War" is wonderful -- and accurate (something not often found these days).
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Summary: great start to a fine series
Review: This book was written back before Griffin developed his general over-reliance on marital infidelity as a theme, and is interesting and dramatic throughout. Very interesting look at the dirty little war in Greece, and excellent development of the characters who form the backbone of the series. The attitudes of military men and their ladies are very satisfyingly portrayed.
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Summary: Probably the best of the series
Review: This introduction to The Brotherhood of War may very well be the best of the series. Although this volume brings Lowell, Felter, MacMillan and Bellmon to the reader, it also provides a means for the reader to understand heroism at its basic best, and how the Army of WW2 drew officers from among the bravest.
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