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The warriors of Anbar : the Marines who crushed Al Qaeda : the greatest untold story of the Iraq War Cover Image Book

The warriors of Anbar : the Marines who crushed Al Qaeda : the greatest untold story of the Iraq War / Ed Darack ; foreword by Colonel James E. Donnellan, USMC (Ret.).

Marines who crushed Al Qaeda (portion title)
Greatest untold story of the Iraq War (portion title)
Darack, Ed, (author.). Donnellan, James E., (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

A riveting account of how a battalion of Marines faced off against the most brutal of Al Qaeda at its most desperate and vicious moment--and how the Marines decisively crushed the terrorists.

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  • ISBN: 0306922657
  • ISBN: 9780306922657
  • Physical Description: x, 246 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Da Capo, 2019.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword by Colonel James E. Donnellan, USMC (Ret.) -- Introduction: the toughest, most brutal fight -- Prologue: Against an army of phantoms on a battlefield of shadows -- Swirling winds -- Toward the battle handover -- The exploding storm -- Over before it even really began? -- Brothers of the fight -- The everyday fight -- AO on fire -- Fly like a winged bat monkey from hell -- "Drill"ing snipers with a shotgun -- Whiskey's opening fight -- Mirrors of trust and deceit -- COIN and the jump command post -- Glimmers and darkness -- The intimacy of it all -- A haven of scum and villainy -- A breeze of change -- Nature of the fight -- Life, death -- River City -- Dynamic AO -- To the breaking point -- Shifting winds of perseverance and strength -- Christmas -- At war with a spreadsheet and a map -- Flare-ups of tragedy amid a dying firestorm -- COIN culmination and a caravan -- Colors and crying -- Epilogue: legacy.

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United States. Marine Corps > History > Iraq War, 2003-
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns > Iraq > Anbār (Province)
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Counterinsurgency > Iraq > Anbār (Province)
Genre:
Personal narratives.

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