This is a tough book to rate It is riddled with typo's, misspelled words, and misused words. It also is a great story, a plausible situation, interesting characters, and a lot of action. It involves planning a combat mission that may or may not happen and some of the political and bureaucratic problems that have to be surmounted. It is a book that will keep your attention in spite of the editorial problems. For that it would easily gets five stars. The lack of proofreading and editing drops the rating by two stars, resulting in an overall three star rating.