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Mike Tucker Among Warriors In Iraq: True Grit, Special Ops, & Lock-and-load Raiding In Mosul & Fallujah
GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS 1592287328 / 9781592287321 Paperback BOOK
A street-level view of the hell of combat in Mosul & Fallujah. B&W photos; 6x9 inches, 256 pgs.
'Eight months after George W. Bush proclaimed major combat in Iraq over in 2003, author Mike Tucker found himself right in the thick of it--dirty, profane, violent, lethal, & daily major combat--with some of America's most highly trained & accomplished soldiers.
Among Warriors in Iraq is a street-level view of the struggles of maintaining control in the anarchy that pervaded Iraq after Coalition forces declared victory. Tucker journeyed--and fought--with Special Forces groups in both Mosul & Fallujah, cities unconvinced the war was over, and willing to do anything to ensure that the struggle would continue.
Here is his frank & adrenaline-soaked account, seen through the resilieint eyes of the soldiers willing to pay the ultimate price for victory.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
"Hemingway's dead-solid right about war...it's a street fight! War is a street fight, simply on another level. And the same rule applies. Put the other guyu down so he stays down. If we lose the street fight in Iraqu, all the glad-handing & politicking and money we've spent here won't amount to dust in the wind."
--Specialist Sylas Carter, U.S. Combat Infantryman, Mosul, Northern Iraq
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mike Tucker is a writer, poet, & photographer. In 2003, he journeyed throughout Iraqi Kurdistanh interviewing Kurds from all walks of life. Later, in 2003 and early 2004, he was on raids, desert reconnaissance, and patrols with U.S. Army snipers and scouts, light infantry, paratroopers, & special operations commandos at war in Iraq. He lives in Asia.
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14.30 USD
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Mike Tucker Ronin
STACKPOLE BOOKS 0811703185 / 9780811703185 Hardcover BOOK
Embedded with a platoon of elite Marine snipers & scouts in Iraq for its combat tour in 2005?06, Ronin captures true-grit Marines at war.
27 B&W photos, 6x9 inches; 256 pgs.
'* First-ever oral history of an entire Marine scout-sniper platoon
* Evidence of how Al Qaeda penetrated the Fallujah police department
* Never-before-seen photos of suicide bombings in Fallujah
* Boots-on-the-ground perspective on American policy in action in Iraq
In this raw & provocative new book, readers wear desert camouflage, climb to rooftops, & get behind the rifle with a platoon of elite Marine snipers & scouts in Iraq. Author Mike Tucker embedded with the unit for its entire combat tour in 2005'06 to tell this exclusive from-the-frontlines story. Ronin captures true-grit Marines at war as they reconnoiter Iraqi villages, track terrorist targets, grapple with unrealistic rules of engagement, & get the kill. It also contains the only firsthand accounts of such previously unreported actions as an Al Qaeda attack on a police station & the 'winter of the sniper' when terrorist gunmen plagued Coalition forces in Fallujah.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
'Mike Tucker has more street cred with American warriors in Iraq than any other writer.' --Salt Lake Tribune
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mike Tucker is a Marine infantry veteran who has reported on guerrilla warfare & terrorism from hot spots around the globe, including Thailand, Burma, Spain, & Iraq. He holds bachelor's & master's degrees from James Madison University, where he was a visiting scholar on counterterrorism in 2006. Tucker is also the author of The Long Patrol (978-9-7483-03796-), Hell Is Over (978-1-5922-8885-4), & Among Warriors in Iraq (978-1-5922-8732-1).
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19.50 USD
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