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: The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
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Binding: Kindle Edition
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.70443
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Random House
Manufacturer: Random House
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: August 12, 2008
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Studio: Random House
Sales Rank: 1658
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From a universally respected combat journalist, a gripping history based on five years of front-line reporting about how the war was turned around-and the choice now facing America During the fierce battle for Fallujah, Bing West asked an Iraqi colonel why the archterrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled in women-s clothes. The colonel pointed to a Marine patrol walking by and said, -Americans are the strongest tribe.- In Iraq, America made mistake after mistake. Many gave up on the war. Then the war took a sharp U-turn. Two generals-David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno-displayed the leadership America expected. Bringing the reader from the White House to the fighting in the streets, this remarkable narrative explains the turnaround by U.S. forces. In the course of fourteen extended trips over five years, West embedded with more than sixty front-line units, discussing strategy with generals and tactics with corporals. He provides an expert-s account of counterinsurgency, disposing of myths. By describing the characters and combat in city after city, West gives the reader an in-depth understanding that will inform the debate about the war. This is the definitive study of how American soldiers actually fought -a gripping and visceral book that changes the way we think about the war, and essential reading for understanding the next critical steps to be taken.
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Bing West is able to do what few journalists can do, obtain a first person view of the war in Iraq and nest that in the broader strategy of foreign policy. West's third book on Iraq takes us through the frustrations and challenges after the fall of the Baath regime in Iraq. He covers the period of operations culminating in the summer of 2008. It is an extremely current work with rare first hand discussions with leaders on the ground - both American and Iraqi.
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There have been several excellent magazine article on the Anbar Awakening and Surge (Military Review, Proceedings, Marine Corps Gazette). However, this is the first full scale book that addresses this vital subject. As a book, of course, it can go into much more specific detail. This is the first aspect of the book that deserves praise. The author supplies mountains of specific detail (not just generalizations that are necessary in short magazine articles). The reader can form their own judgment just ... Read More
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The Strongest Tribe
War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
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Bing West
The Strongest Tribe by Bing West is his third book covering the Iraq war. This volume is a lively history of the Iraq War from the initial assault into Iraq through the beginning of 2008. West has provided a masterful tale of the turnaround in Iraq from the point of view of the everyday soldiers, marines and senior military leaders who made it happen. This book is a must read for military professionals ... Read More
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I spent nearly eight months in the Al Anbar province in Iraq commanding a Marine tank platoon during the summer of 2007. Upon returning home, I found it difficult to explain to people how the real situation on the ground there differed from what people at home were fed on the news. Many people doubted what I was telling them and some even asked if I had been coached as to what to say. Mr West does an excellent job describing the Sunni Awakening, how the Iraqis living in the western part of the country decided ... Read More
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Bing West's writing style seems to just get better and better. His latest book "The Strongest Tribe" will be used at the US Army war college for years to come, I predict. Mr. West pulls no punches when he analyzes both the mistakes and the eventual turn around following the "surge" in Iraq. He has years of experience first as a young officer in Vietnam taking part in the Marine pacification program, which he discribes in his first book "The Village". He later went on to become a Vice Secretary of Defense under Reagan ... Read More
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