When I first read the book, what I responded to was the fact that the was was viewed through the prism of a very specific kind of person, Anthony Swofford (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) one who was trying to deal with and discover who he was.I was enthralled by the mixture of machismo, comedy, surrealism and, wry observation. It was a war book like no other; abut a war like no other that might possibly be a war movie like no other.

There's an opportunity that one in a hundred young kids actually might learn who Murrow is and have some discussion and have some understanding of how dangerous a democracy can be, if fear is used as a weapon.”