Marching Toward Hell by Michael Scheuer (2008, Hardcover)

Michael Scheuer has developed quite a name for himself with regards to his expertise and unbiased perspective when it comes to examining the predicament that the West and U.S. finds itself in with the Islamic world/Middle East. As an expert myself, I am always looking forward to hear what Michael has to say and for someone with so much upfront and intimate knowledge on how our gov't and Intelligence operates, he is with out a doubt invaluable to helping explain what is going on to the naively ignorant broad-public. This book is in essence an Iraq Study Group & b9/11 commision report all combined in one. He tells it like it is and does not white-wash the pages with buearcratic BS like the former 2 prints do. What is most fundemental here, is his ability to take on the perspective of the "enemy" and discuss to the reader what are their motivations, aims, goals, and in essence their "final agreeable" terms to cease hostility agains the U.S. and the West. Scheuer also does the neccessary and often neglected task of pointing out how the question of Israel affects this whole paradigm that the U.S. and others are enthrawlled in. It is for these reasons that this easy and blunt reader is a must for anyone whom wishes to gain a better grasp or simply gain basic insight as to what is going on in the world....... NOTE: I read this book in 2 days because I simply found myself notbeing able to put it down because it was always revealing more information and solutions on how to handle our problems.