The battle for Fallujah : occupation, resistance and stalemate in the war in Iraq / Vincent L. Foulk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foulk, Vincent L., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fallujah, Battle of, Fallūjah, Iraq, 2004.

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

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

vii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2007]

Summary:

"This book chronicles America's struggle with the city of Fallujah. Beginning with the arrival of Americans on their way to Baghdad in 2003, it details the movements, counter-movements and misunderstandings that led up to the eventual standoff. It provides a day-by-day account of the siege which eventually retook the city of Fallujah in November 2004"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"

they are occupiers and infidels"

The first battle of Fallujah

Kidnapping as a tool of war

The decline in credibility : fallout of Abu Ghraib

Just not enough to do the job

The routine distant THUMP

Living with the IEDs

The low-tech cruise missile

Bloody Baghdad

The olympians

Moqtada al-Sadr

The south

The Sunni triangle

Facing reality

A race to establish the norm

Deadly Samarra

The final days of a city-state

The fall of Fallujah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index.

ISBN:

9780786426775

0786426772

OCLC:

72354509