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There's an old joke about this place........\"How did Saddam Hussein control the Al Anbar?\".....\"He didn't.\" This area of Iraq is unforgiving. The people in that region are unlike the rest of Iraq. They are dedicated, deeply rooted, and very strong in their beliefs. Not saying they're all bad, just not used to change. This book is about a Marine Corps Battalion that secured that region from February to October in 2005. We went into a region that hasn't had US troops in there since the invasion, two years earlier. Plenty of time for the enemy to embed into the cities and channel down insurgents\/weaponry from Syria. Our Company alone was putting up stats comparable to the Vietnam war. To my knowledge our Company to this day is still the hardest hit unit of all the Iraq War. This book was written primarily to tell our story and to honor the fallen. Also for other Veterans who have been through something similar to let them know that your feelings are normal, real, and you are not alone. I wrote this book to possibly reach out to our Veterans for seeking help. Finally, this book will hopefully help families and friends of combat Veterans in understanding us and where we are coming from. All of the events in this are 100% true. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS IS OUR STORY...THIS IS OUR WAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276508111003,"sku":"9781649908056","price":44.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/no5P-Dn-jj9781649908056.webp?v=1786667256"},{"product_id":"warriors-operation-iraqi-freedom-2005-3rd-plt-alpha-co-4th-aav-3-25-lima-co-paperback","title":"Warriors: Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005 3rd Plt Alpha Co 4th AAV 3\/25 Lima Co - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Teed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAl Anbar Province, the infamous Al Anbar, a place where all Hell breaks loose. There's an old joke about this place........\"How did Saddam Hussein control the Al Anbar?\".....\"He didn't.\" This area of Iraq is unforgiving. The people in that region are unlike the rest of Iraq. They are dedicated, deeply rooted, and very strong in their beliefs. Not saying they're all bad, just not used to change. This book is about a Marine Corps Battalion that secured that region from February to October in 2005. We went into a region that hasn't had US troops in there since the invasion, two years earlier. Plenty of time for the enemy to embed into the cities and channel down insurgents\/weaponry from Syria. Our Company alone was putting up stats comparable to the Vietnam war. To my knowledge our Company to this day is still the hardest hit unit of all the Iraq War. This book was written primarily to tell our story and to honor the fallen. Also for other Veterans who have been through something similar to let them know that your feelings are normal, real, and you are not alone. I wrote this book to possibly reach out to our Veterans for seeking help. Finally, this book will hopefully help families and friends of combat Veterans in understanding us and where we are coming from. 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The book includes an historical exploration of American militarism and of the increased post-WWII US role in the Middle East, as well as a reconsideration of the debates that John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt sparked after the publication of '\u003ci\u003eThe Israel lobby and US Foreign Policy'\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A superb analysis of how and why a small band of neoconservatives helped push the United States into a disastrous war. Far from being tough-minded patriots, Ahmad reveals them to be deceitful and manipulative self-promoters who remain influential in policy-making circles, despite the enormous cost of their past follies. His analysis is nuanced, his research comprehensive, and the story he tells is profoundly disturbing.' Stephen Walt, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 'This is by far the clearest, most incisive, most comprehensive account I've seen of something very like a coup inside the US foreign policy process and the commentariat during the George W. Bush era. Is it not somehow comforting that the transparency of digital-age media can reveal the folly in American ''thinking'' to a studious scholar abroad and, in this fascinating book, even to Americans?' Christopher Lydon, Radio Open Source, www.radioopensource.org A rigorous investigation into the socio-political milieu that produced the Iraq war The Iraq war - its causes, agency and execution - has been shrouded in an ideological mist. This book is an attempt to dispel the myths surrounding the Iraq war, taking a sociological approach to establish the causes, identify its agents and describe how it was sold. Muhammad Idrees Ahmad presents a social history of the war's leading agents - the neoconservatives - and shows how this ideologically coherent group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9\/11 to overwhelm a sceptical foreign policy establishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus and propelled the US into a war that a significant part of the public opposed. The book includes a historical exploration of American militarism and of the increased post-World War II US role in the Middle East, as well as a reconsideration of the debates that John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt sparked after the publication of The Israel lobby and US Foreign Policy. Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a Lecturer in Journalism at the University for the Creative Arts. His articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, The National, Guernica, Le Monde Diplomatique and the London Review of Books blog, among other publications, and he has appeared as a political analyst on the BBC and Al Jazeera and on various international radio channels. Cover image: US 15th Marine Expeditionary manned M1 A (c) Time \u0026amp; Life Pictures\/Getty Images Cover design: www.hayesdesign.co.uk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuhammad Idrees Ahmad is a Lecturer in Digital Journalism at the University of Stirling. He has a doctorate in Sociology and his articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Guernica, Adbusters, IPS News, Political Insight and the London Review of Books blog. He has also appeared as a political analyst on the BBC, Al Jazeera, RAI TV, and various international radio channels. 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