Reviews
On Point: The Journal of Army History,Summer 2007 "With a gritty flair for storytelling and blunt style, this work is not just another story about the Iraq War … More than a war story about an infantry battalion, The Devil's Sandboxrepresents an intimate reality for thousands of Army National Guard soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan … Bruning does not neglect the sacrifices and bravery families and friends of the deployed soldiers exhibited during the deployment. He explains the hardships and stress on those that remained at home as their loved ones went to war … John Bruning's work is the best book written about the Army National Guard since 11 September 2001 … The nation's citizen-soldiers have been an integral part in the War on Terror, and their sacrifice, as well as their families', is vividly brought to life in this new work.", "With a gritty flair for storytelling and blunt style, this work is not just another story about the Iraq War … More than a war story about an infantry battalion, The Devil's Sandbox represents an intimate reality for thousands of Army National Guard soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan … Bruning does not neglect the sacrifices and bravery families and friends of the deployed soldiers exhibited during the deployment. He explains the hardships and stress on those that remained at home as their loved ones went to war … John Bruning's work is the best book written about the Army National Guard since 11 September 2001 … The nation's citizen-soldiers have been an integral part in the War on Terror, and their sacrifice, as well as their families', is vividly brought to life in this new work." On Point: The Journal of Army History, On Point: The Journal of Army History, "Summer 2007 "With a gritty flair for storytelling and blunt style, this work is not just another story about the Iraq War ... More than a war story about an infantry battalion, The Devil's Sandbox" represents an intimate reality for thousands of Army National Guard soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan ... Bruning does not neglect the sacrifices and bravery families and friends of the deployed soldiers exhibited during the deployment. He explains the hardships and stress on those that remained at home as their loved ones went to war ... John Bruning's work is the best book written about the Army National Guard since 11 September 2001 ... The nation's citizen-soldiers have been an integral part in the War on Terror, and their sacrifice, as well as their families', is vividly brought to life in this new work.", "Beside the fact that we absolutely love the book's title, The Devil's Sandbox strikes us as one of the more powerful unit histories from the Iraq War ... One thing's for sure, no one can ever refer to the men and women of the 2/126 as 'weekend warriors'again." Military Book Club, “With a gritty flair for storytelling and blunt style, this work is not just another story about the Iraq War & More than a war story about an infantry battalion, The Devil’s Sandbox represents an intimate reality for thousands of Army National Guard soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan & Bruning does not neglect the sacrifices and bravery families and friends of the deployed soldiers exhibited during the deployment. He explains the hardships and stress on those that remained at home as their loved ones went to war & John Bruning’s work is the best book written about the Army National Guard since 11 September 2001 & The nation’s citizen-soldiers have been an integral part in the War on Terror, and their sacrifice, as well as their families’, is vividly brought to life in this new work.� On Point: The Journal of Army History, "With a gritty flair for storytelling and blunt style, this work is not just another story about the Iraq War ... More than a war story about an infantry battalion, The Devil's Sandbox represents an intimate reality for thousands of Army National Guard soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan ... Bruning does not neglect the sacrifices and bravery families and friends of the deployed soldiers exhibited during the deployment. He explains the hardships and stress on those that remained at home as their loved ones went to war ... John Bruning's work is the best book written about the Army National Guard since 11 September 2001 ... The nation's citizen-soldiers have been an integral part in the War on Terror, and their sacrifice, as well as their families', is vividly brought to life in this new work." On Point: The Journal of Army History, "With a gritty flair for storytelling and blunt style, this work is not just another story about the Iraq War … More than a war story about an infantry battalion,The Devil's Sandboxrepresents an intimate reality for thousands of Army National Guard soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan … Bruning does not neglect the sacrifices and bravery families and friends of the deployed soldiers exhibited during the deployment. He explains the hardships and stress on those that remained at home as their loved ones went to war … John Bruning's work is the best book written about the Army National Guard since 11 September 2001 … The nation's citizen-soldiers have been an integral part in the War on Terror, and their sacrifice, as well as their families', is vividly brought to life in this new work." On Point: The Journal of Army History
