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Author Name: Mike Tucker
Title: RONIN
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS
ISBN Number: 0811703185 / 9780811703185
Seller ID: 2252914
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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