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Boots on the Ground

Karl Zinsmeister wrote Boots while working as editor of The American Enterprise.

In addition to The American Enterprise, he has been published in journals ranging from The Atlantic Monthly to Reader's Digest.

Boots on the Ground... is an account of the war in Iraq with the 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne as it convoys north from Kuwait to Iraq's Tallil Air Base en route to night-and-day battles within the major city of Samawah and its bridges across the Euphrates.

Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq is a book written by journalist Karl Zinsmeister, who was embedded with the storied 82nd Airborne Division during the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom.



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Boots on the Ground by Dusk: Searching for Answers in the Death of Pat Tillman

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