Among warriors in Iraq
Subtitle: true grit, special ops, and raiding in Mosul and Fallujah
By: Mike Tucker
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781592287321
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; American Personal narratives; Kriegsberichterstattung; Irakkrieg; United States. Army; Iraq War, 2003-; History
Description: " ... 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 and Fallujah, cities unconvinced the war was over, and willing to do anything to ensure that the struggle would continue."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: these brave men; title: Mosul; title: Kentucky rifle, guerrilla fighter, Havana tiger, Einstein of special ops, and hero of the Kurds: with the 101st in northern Iraq; title: Scout Platoon HHC company, 3rd Battalion-502nd Infantry Regiment; 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 3rd-502nd; 101st Airborne Division (air assault); title: September 27 to November 9, 2003; title: Fallujah; title: Boss sniper, Jedi knight, Scout of the far Afghan hills, Shaft, Lieutenant Chesty, and Braveheart: with the 82nd and 10th mountain in western Iraq; title: Task Force 1 Panther, 1st Battalion-505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; Attack Company, 1st Battalion-32nd Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (light infantry); 1st Infantry Division. U.S. Army special forces; title: November 13, 2003 to February 6, 2004; title: Epilogue: a hawk flies high and never alone; title: Bibliography.