In his new book Somalia: Voices from the Front, Colonel (Rtd) Joseph Owuoth presents a remarkable and candid account of the war against Al-Shabaab terrorists in their backyard, Somalia.

Though both U.S. Army leaders and journalists have meticulously documented how the Battle of Mogadishu unfolded decades ago, Netflix is bringing something new to our memory of the incident.

He wrote the military review of the U.S. engagement in Somalia. His most recent book, Warheads: Cable News and the Fog of War, is a memoir of his ten years as an on-air military analyst with NBC News.