When Bill Mauldin died a few months ago, this space and Powerline mentioned his Up Front, one of the great worm's-eye war memoirs. During the beginning of the Iraq War, I quoted a number of relevant passages. Having just finished a finance exam, and with about an hour to kill, I went browsing in the local used book store here near DU, and found another book by Mr. Mauldin, one about his return to the States and readjustment to civilian life, called Back Home. It'll be interesting to see what it brings.