Book Report-- American Heroes

American Heroes M
by Oliver North

Non-Fiction


Another volume from Col. North's experiences as an embedded war correspondent for Fox News, American Heroes brings us stories from the fight against radical Islam (see subtitle).
It includes some of the same content as War Stories, but also puts them in a greater religious-political context. North begins with several chapters of introduction, including a summary of Islam's doctrine of Jihad. I appreciated that he did not shy away from the truth of who the enemy is. It also gets almost caught up to date- published in 2008. Col. North adds commentary on how the war has been going since the capture of Baghdad.
On top of the short stories a excerpts from his Fox reports, he shared the stories of medal winners in this war, as read at the presentation. I noticed that the last award was given posthumously to the hero of another book I've read, Lone Survivor.
There are indeed American Heroes. I am more grateful for the war efforts after reading this. It's been a buffer against the misinformation or negative focus of the typical war reports we've been getting for the past 6 years.