Blood stripes : the grunt's view of the war in Iraq / David J. Danelo ; foreword by Steven Pressfield.

Title :

Blood stripes : the grunt's view of the war in Iraq

Author:

Danelo, David J.

Format:

Books

Language:

English

ISBN - ISSN:

0811701646

UPC/EAN:

9780811701648

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Prologue: grunts -- Introduction -- Go tell the Spartans -- Market Street -- The snake pit -- Fallujah, interrupted -- The little things that kill -- Martyrs -- Bad karmah -- All quiet on the western front -- The river -- Inshallah -- Social energy -- Sophomoric behavior -- Season of harvest -- Hail the conquering hero -- Our way of life -- Epilogue: citizens -- Glossary of Marine/Iraqi terms -- United States Marine Corps rank chart.

Subject:

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.

Danelo, David J.

United States. Marine Corps -- Biography.

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The dynamic story of the life and times of five Marine corporals and sergeants, men at the front lines of the war in Iraq First extended account of the Marine experience fighting the Iraq insurgency from the grunt's perspective Author interviewed charismatic and controversial Marine Gen. James N. "Mad Dog" Mattis, a legendary Marine commander revered by the grunts and gives new details about the battle for Fallujah

A sometimes harrowing, often humorous, and occasionally tragic look at the Marine Corps from the inside out in its struggle with the insurgency in Iraq. Drawing from personal experience in the confusing, deadly conflict currently being fought in the streets and back alleys of Iraqi towns and villages, Danelo focuses on the young Marine leaders--corporals and sergeants--whose job it is to take even younger Marines into battle, close with and destroy an elusive enemy, and bring their boys back home again. Sadly, there are losses, but true to the Marine Corps spirit, they soldier on, earning their blood stripes the only way they know how--the hard way.

Author Notes

David J. Danelo is a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War. His work has appeared in the New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Marine Corps Gazette, and Parade magazine. He also has appeared on Fox News and other national networks. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he is also the author of Blood Stripes: The Grunts View of the War in Iraq.

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Booklist Review

Vivid and eminently readable, Danelo's book portrays a marine infantry battalion in action in Iraq in April 2004. Most of the fighting was done in small-unit actions, in which the Iraqis had the advantages of knowing the territory and having, if not the support, at least the lack of opposition by the locals. The marines' advantages lay in training, discipline, and firepower quite aside from the artillery and air support they could call on. Above all, they had a collective code of ethics enabling them to maintain high unit cohesion against opponents who were frequently faction-ridden and as apt to shoot one another as to shoot the marines. The book subscribes to the thesis that the U.S. Marine Corps has substantially revived the ethos of the classical Spartan warrior and thereby has made its men the contemporary masters of ground combat. Another of those books that suggest that failure in Iraq, if it does come, won't come through the failure of U.S. ground troops. --Roland Green Copyright 2006 Booklist

Foreword	p. vi
Author's Note	p. ix
Dramatis Personae	p. xi
Prologue: Grunts	p. 1
Chapter 1 Go Tell the Spartans	p. 7
Chapter 2 Market Street	p. 35
Chapter 3 The Snake Pit	p. 59
Chapter 4 Fallujah, Interrupted	p. 87
Chapter 5 The Little Things That Kill	p. 111
Chapter 6 Martyrs	p. 135
Chapter 7 Bad Karmah	p. 149
Chapter 8 All Quiet on the Western Front	p. 171
Chapter 9 The River	p. 193
Chapter 10 Inshallah	p. 211
Chapter 11 Social Energy	p. 229
Chapter 12 Sophomoric Behavior	p. 247
Chapter 13 Season of Harvest	p. 263
Chapter 14 Hail the Conquering Hero	p. 281
Chapter 15 Our Way of Life	p. 299
Epilogue: Citizens	p. 315
Glossary of Marine/Iraqi Terms	p. 327
United States Marine Corps Rank Chart	p. 331
Acknowledgments	p. 332
Index	p. 335

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