A Chance in Hell: The Men Who Triumphed over Iraq's Deadliest City and Turned the Tide of War - Brossura

Michaels, Jim

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ISBN 10: 0312569521 ISBN 13: 9780312569525

Casa editrice: Griffin, 2011

Riassunto

The riveting account of how one brigade turned Iraq's most violent city into a model of stability

Colonel Sean MacFarland arrived in Iraq's deadliest city with simple instructions: pacify Ramadi without destroying it. The odds were against him from the start. By 2006, insurgents roamed freely in many parts of the city in open defiance of Iraq's U.S.-backed government. Al-Qaeda had boldly declared Ramadi its capital. Even the U.S. military acknowledged that the province would be the last to be pacified.

MacFarland laid out a bold plan. His soldiers would take on the insurgents in their own backyard. He set up combat outposts in the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. Snipers roamed the back alleys, killing al-Qaeda leaders and terrorist cells. U.S. tanks rumbled down the streets, firing point-blank into buildings occupied by insurgents. MacFarland's brigade engaged in some of the bloodiest street fighting of the war. Casualties on both sides mounted. Al-Qaeda wasn't going to give up easily--Ramadi was too important. MacFarland wasn't going to back down, either.

A Chance in Hell tells how a handful of men turned the tide of war at a time when it appeared all hope was lost.

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L'autore:

JIM MICHAELS is a military writer for USA Today and an experienced war correspondent, who has made dozens of reporting trips to Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones. A former U.S. Marine infantry officer, he lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0312569521
• ISBN 13: 9780312569525
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 259