{"product_id":"no-true-glory-a-frontline-account-of-the-battle-for-fallujah-9780553383195","title":"No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah","description":"\"This is the face of war as only those who have fought it can describe it.\"-Senator John McCain \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFallujah: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe epic battle for Fallujah revealed the startling connections between policy and combat that are a part of the new reality of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased 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-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo True Glory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBing West is the author of several books, including the award-winning \u003cb\u003eThe March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines \u003c\/b\u003eand the Vietnam classic\u003ci\u003e The Village\u003c\/i\u003e. He served as a Marine in Vietnam and was assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan. He lives in Rhode Island. Visit his website at www.westwrite.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523677982994,"sku":"9780553383195","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd761b63-f08c-45a7-962e-a110acd30d6f.jpg?v=1731161267","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-true-glory-a-frontline-account-of-the-battle-for-fallujah-9780553383195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}