I love Ben Macintyre- the best “story-telling historian” writing right now, in my opinion. Though not my favorite of his books, I still had trouble putting this book down. He did a nice job of raising the “how far is too far” question in terms of what they were willing to do to win the war. While in no doubt of the bravery and importance of these soldiers, you can‘t helping thinking of the old adage: “it‘s the winners who write the history.”