Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts

This thoughtful work, which serves as a supplement to the author's IMPERIAL GRUNTS, has its primary focus on the work of the American military in the Pacific. While the U.S. military has a presence from the heat of the Middle East to the cold of the Poles, and seemingly everywhere in between, the Pacific area is where much of the action in years to come could happen. With keen insight Kaplan describes the men and women of the modern American military, as well as the military itself. Don Leslie's voice is masculine and deep. He reads more like a reporter than a storyteller but still manages to be subtly expressive in reading quotations. He performs more to a large audience than to an intimate gathering. M.T.F. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine