{"product_id":"0553383191","title":"No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003ethis Is The Face Of War As Only Those Who Have Fought It Can Describe It.\u003cbr\u003e—senator John Mccain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Fallujah: Iraq S Most Dangerous City Unexpectedly Emerged As The Major Battleground Of The Iraqi Insurgency. For Twenty Months, One American Battalion After Another Tried To Quell The Violence, Culminating In A Bloody, Full-scale Assault. Victory Came At A Terrible Price: 151 Americans And Thousands Of Iraqis Were Left Dead. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The Epic Battle For Fallujah Revealed The Startling Connections Between Policy And Combat That Are A Part Of The New Reality Of War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The Marines Had Planned To Slip Into Fallujah As Soft As Fog. But After Four American Contractors Were Brutally Murdered, President Bush Ordered An Attack On The City Against The Advice Of The Marines. The Assault Sparked A Political Firestorm, And The Marines Were Forced To Withdraw Amid Controversy And Confusion Only To Be Ordered A Second Time To Take A City That Had Become An Inferno Of Hate And The Lair Of The Archterrorist Al-zarqawi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Based On Months Spent With The Battalions In Fallujah And Hundreds Of Interviews At Every Level Senior Policymakers, Negotiators, Generals, And Soldiers And Marines On The Front Lines No True Glory Is A Testament To The Bravery Of The American Soldier And A Cautionary Tale About The Complex And Often Costly Interconnected Roles Of Policy, Politics, And Battle In The Twenty-first Century.\u003c\/p\u003e tom Ricks - Washington Post \u003cp\u003eno True Glory Is The Best Book On The U.s. Military In Iraq To Emerge So Far.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eStrategy\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eIraq War\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eWorld\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e West, Bing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bantam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 378\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780553383195\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49311297372350,"sku":"0553383191-4","price":4.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81w2oUayQ3L.jpg?v=1792085353","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0553383191","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}