House To House by author David Bellavia is probably one of the best memoirs of war in Iraq I have read to date. This book kept forcing me to read chapter upon chapter when it was way past time to go to sleep, it is that well written.
The book is a recollection of accounts by Staff Sergeant David Bellavia who led Third Platoon, Alpha Company into Fallujah, Iraq in 2004 on house clearing missions. What they faced was an enemy who was well prepared, high on adrenaline and would not cease to quit. It is filled with drama, intensity and displays of heroics, it is simply hard to put this one down.
This book a must read if you’re into reading military books because the author makes you feel like you are actually there with him, in his squad, fighting the same fight. Some of the war memoir books that I have read fail to achieve this important aspect or make a poor attempt at it which ultimately makes it a rather average read. This book is definitely one of the shelf.
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