China Times Book Review

http://life.chinatimes.com/2009Cti/Channel/Life/life-article/0,5047,11051801+112009082300053,00.html

I'm not sure what it all means, but here is a rough translation:

Is born because of the human stupidity the war literature, has been the spiritual civilization which the humanity consoles oneself. At the beginning of century war literature, either record war both sides cultural difference, either becomes the soldier to cure the wound the memory to express.

　The disaster is frequent, the man-made disaster is unceasing, the 21st century's first 10 years, and are inferior to the people anticipated like that happy. Often is neglected, even lets the fact which the human becomes accustomed to is: The US in 2001 started the Afghan war and in 2003 entered and was stationed in Iraq, until today now progressive form. Writes the testimony war, then smooths the wound, also benefits obviously urgently. Actually "Asia and "Morocco Has scolded Husband's mother Luo since Iraq In" To reach", this batch of births from the stupidity war literature, already become the spiritual civilization which the humanity consoles oneself.

　" flood and field second lieutenant's cultural observation

　In April publishes "Ambush" (Embedded), the author was in 2006 has treated 210 day-long United States Marines Second Lieutenant Gray in Iraq (Wesley Gray). He initially to join the army interrupts University of Chicago's curriculum, now the official does obeisance captain, also returns to the campus to study for doctorate. Because can hold Iraq's Arabic, Gray can understand the bilateral cultural difference compared to the fellow officer. "Ambush" a book issue document is freely relaxed, is actually the rare field record.

　For example in the book a Kurdis's interpreting on refers to the core straight, questioned the US military moves validity: Iraq's army organization is this national mainstay, once has been destroyed, is equal to all paralyses. Not only all bases, the bank, the cultural relic nobody control, can only degenerate into robbers and bandits' it's in the bag, the massive weapons flow in the folk, even falls into the terrorist in the hand, instead endangers US military own security. In addition, the US military everywhere randomly explodes, has complete disregard for human life, but actually a group protects the drill tubing, certainly makes the person impression to be greatly bad, the freedom and the democracy high-sounding talk also collapses of itself.

　"Ambush" also touches in the sex and the authority consciousness difference. For example some Iraqi colonel believed that hits the wife is because the woman has the attraction, must let them know that who is boss. What is surprising is the Iraqi military on the scene nods assent identically, although all people put to implement by no means. In dines in the order, US-Iraqi both armies also unfold the different leadership rein thought. After US military military officers always eats, because the soldier is the genuine worker, the military officer responsibility is the attendance soldier, guaranteed that the work carries on smoothly. But the Iraqi military is actually the military officer first dines, sometimes the soldier even can only eat the leftover dish, if because waits the subordinate to be too good, cannot set up the prestige.