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The Road to Safwan: The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War

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Once in a while a book comes along that will make you want to cover to cover " The Road to Safwan". Is once such book. The authors Bourgue & Burdan hit the nail on the head.

The history of the 1/4 Cav is written with such detail,and explaination it will keep you craving for more.

This is a "must buy" a "must read" !!!!

This book brought back many memories (events, names, etc.). With a son that is now in the service and served in Iraq, we can relate to each other. This book help him see my time in the Quarterhorse and gave him some insight to what we did in '91.

For an ex-military person, the book is well written. Anyone not familiar with military nomenclature, would be confused.

I was with the 1-4 Cav, Alpha troop 2nd Platoon during Desert Storm. There are a few stories that could have used a bit more investigation.

All that said, it was nice to relive many of the occurrences of 1990-91.

I would recommend it to any 1-4 Cav'er.

1/4 CAV was a great unit and did kick a lot of butt. Glad somebody wrote a book about them !
Other books written by officers from that war appear the same. I doubt that the officers did it all by themselves? I didn't see a lot of mention of the enlisted troops? Major so and so did this, Colonel so and so captured this or that? C'mon, really?
Anyway...
If you read this, also read Third Graders At War, written by a private from the same unit, but from a totally different perspective.

An excellent story of a Gulf War regiment written by two people who were a part of the war. Details of the ground war and a overview of the war, written from the perspective of ground unit troops.