Steven Pressfield has done it again with "Killing Rommel".  This is a story, an unusual story, partially fiction, partially fact, always true at its deepest level.

Imagine journeying across a sea of sand in Chevy 30-hundredweight trucks.  Twenty men on their own.  Self sufficient.  Under constant threat, not running from the enemy but seeking him out, where he sleeps, eats and repairs his own machines.  That's the Long Range Desert Group.

Pressfield does for the North African Campaign what he did for Thermopylae.  History comes alive with his touch.  His research is so well honed, only the men that were there can tell what is true and what is fiction.  The author devotes a small section to explain what is real and which characters are made up.  The memory of 'Chap' and his manuscript deserve our time to read and re-read.

They did their best to save us all from tyranny.  I feel this book is a must read.  This is a man's book.  I recommend this book for teens through adulthood.  The language is not foul.  The main character was a student at Oxford, until he became a tank commander, then a member of the LRDG and ultimately, a leader of men.