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I got to the end of "Last Hot Battle". The book did not live up to its initial promise. There was a decided lack of focus. The author sort of drifts from one phase of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale to another without providing much of a narrative voice to events. There are lots of interesting tidbits, but a central voice and unifying theme are lacking. To the degree that this might be seen as recreating a soldier's point of view, I find this interesting. However, a history narrative has to have a spinal central voice or theme on which everything else hangs. There are some other shortcomings. I'll write an Amazon review and give this 3 of 5 stars. I would recommend that others get this from the library, if possible.