Imperial Grunts, The American Military on the Ground by Robert D. Kaplan; 2005; 421 pages; Random House, New York, NY; 1-4000-6132-6; 8/13-8/21
Robert Kaplan travels the globe meeting real soldiers and marines.  He did not hang with a bunch of REMF but hung with the troops on the front lines in many different places from Colombia [...]