"Tiger Force" is a masterwork of investigative reporting, written by two Pulitzer prize winning newspaper journalists.: Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss.

It is about a group of elite U.S. Army soldiers in the Vietnam War who became a rogue unit responsible for a very large number of cold blooded murders and war crimes. They were enlisted men who operated in the field without any supervision from officers, but the officers knew.

The higher ups knew and condoned it because they wanted to fight fire with fire. They operated in a hot zone, under desperate circumstances, so the officers let these men go bizerk and slaughter innocent civilians.

The book stems from an investigation of these war crimes. I won't say more so as to not be a spoiler.

The book follows through to the present day, explains what happened to these men after they returned from Vietnam, and also follows through on the lives of the survivors in Vietnam.

Incredible investigative work.

The book also reads quite well as a movie script. It has a movie-like flow to the narration. I was certain when I read it that it would be adapted to a movie, with its flashbacks and pacing, but I've heard nothing of any movie plans. The timing is probably off. After Apocalypse Now and Platoon, do movie audiences have the stomach for one more movie about the atrocities of the Vietnam War? Especially if it is a true story? The last Vietnam War movie in U.S. theatres was a comedy.

An excellent book about the Vietnam War, the U.S Army, military "justice," and what happens to men under the extreme pressure of combat.