House to House
An Epic Memoir of War

Wow. War is hell. Words escape me. "America is not at war, The Army is at war; the Marine Corps is jammed up at the gates; and America is at the mall."......more

A visceral, harrowing account of the battle of Fallujah. Mr. Bellavia clearly had a movie adaptation in mind, or else he views his own actions through the prism of a movie formula: meet the soldiers, extended battle scenes, and an outro to describe what happened to everyone. There is something appea......more

One of the greatest war memoirs ever written. Shares the truth of the battlefield. How men get the "diarrhea slicks" because of the stress of urban warfare. Toward the end of the book he shares a story about when he is fighting for his life, a much taller, older Afghani solider, in flip-flops. They......more

My son-in-law wrote this book. It is a compelling read about a topic I usually shy away from.......more

It took me a bit to put the words together in my head what I wanted to say in my review of House to House. I absolutely loved it, that was never a question. My confusion was how to convey how much I loved it and what a book like this means to me. House to House is the memoir of David Bellavia's time......more