Baghdad at sunrise
Subtitle: a Brigade Commander's war in Iraq
By: Peter R. Mansoor ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan.
Publisher: Yale University Press, CT
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780300140699
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, American
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: An on-the-ground commander describes his brigade's first year in Iraq after the U.S. forces seized Baghdad in the spring of 2003, and explains what went right and wrong as the U.S. military confronted an insurgency, in a firsthand analysis of success and failure in Iraq.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rusafa; title: Adhamiya; title: Bad karmah; title: Palm groves and blast barriers; title: Ramadan; title: New Year's interlude; title: Winter in the desert; title: Uprisings; title: Karbala; title: Transfer of sovereignty; title: Reflections.