Praise for Giora Romm's Solitary "Fighter pilots tell the greatest stories and the great ones tell the best stories of all...Solitary is a great addition to any library dedicated to the art of war or the ability to retain one's humanity in the most inhuman circumstances." -Pat Conroy, bestselling author of The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and his Son "This book is not only among the finest war writing ever but, like Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, Solitary sits alongside the most profound reflections on the resilience and capacity of the human soul." -Steven Pressfield,...

"I am dangling beneath my parachute. Gazing down from a height of 10,000 feet, knowing I am going to be killed in less than fifteen minutes, I feel great sorrow for myself. None of my fellow pilots whove parachuted into the Nile Delta have survived the encounter with the welcoming committee below, and I have no reason to think my fate will be any different."
-- Giora Romm, Solitary

"Giora Romms Solitary seized me from the opening paragraph. Yes, the storytelling is spellbinding, but it is Romms explication of the theme of the fall, ordeal and self-resurrection that places his book not...