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Counterinsurgency, April 2003 to March 2004: "What kind of people loot dirt?" -- Broken chain of command -- "You work with the Americans, you die." -- Backwater problem -- Valentine's Day Massacre -- Siege, March to May 2004: "They can't do that to Americans." -- Mutiny -- Tipping point -- Faint echoes of Tet -- Farmers or shooters? -- Avoiding the perfect storm -- Many die, they are gone -- Easter with the dark side -- "You wanna shoot at me? This ain't no picnic!" -- Fallujah: Symptom of success -- Two-faced Sheikhs and Imams -- Lalafallujah -- Strategic confusion -- Jolan Graveyard -- Deal with the devil -- Reversal, May to October 2004: Bomb factory -- "Keep the noise down." -- All of this for nothing? -- Attack, November to December 2004: Watchdogs -- Merry-go-round at the Jolan -- Phase line Henry -- House from hell -- Five corporals -- Epilogue by inches, not yards, January to May 2005 -- Conclusion no true glory -- Where are they now? -- Order of battle for Operation Phantom Fury -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.;For months author F.J. "Bing" West lived among the Marines who besieged the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. He interviewed members of the thr

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Author
West, Francis J.
Publisher
Bantam Books
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9780553901429
Category
history
Subjects
History, Political Science, Government & Politics
Rating
4.12 / 5 (142 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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