I was very pleased to pick this book up and give it a read. I didn't follow the invasion closely when it occurred (I saw more coverage of the protests than of the war itself as I was in Australia) and I had been curious ever since.The book is very well written, informative and the photos are terrific. It was a good read.I do have two quibbles however. The first, that the book was published in August of 2003 (when the invasion was in March-April) gives me doubts about some of the lessons written of in the book. I just think it was too close to the invasion to really give a good retrospective. The second are the maps. While yes, I love that this book has maps, and they're reasonably easy to read, I wish they were more informative.However, I really enjoyed this book and I think it is a good pick up for anyone interested in the invasion and also the state of the US military before and during the 2003 invasion.