this is definitely not "I was there and this is exactly what happened" type of book. While I am perplexed as to why it got such high marks, it must be that those readers enjoy the author "debating" issues, and telling how bad it was, over, and over, and over..... there are very few interesting details of the actual battle. If you are looking for a true account of the battle, as it happened, this isn't it. It's very dry, boring, and I finally gave up reading it. It probably doesn't deserve even a 2 star rating. If you like repetition, debate, talking things over a few hundred times, buy it.