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Fallujah awakens : Marines, sheikhs, and the battle against al Qaeda / Bill Ardolino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ardolino, Bill.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil-military relations--Iraq--Fallujah.
- Civil-military relations.
- Counterinsurgency--Iraq--Fallujah.
- Counterinsurgency.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns--Iraq--Fallujah.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Civilian relief.
- Tribes--Iraq--Fallujah.
- Tribes.
- United States. Marine Corps--Civic action.
- United States.
- Qaida (Organization).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The cradle of an insurgency that plunged Iraq into years of chaos and bloodshed, Fallujah conjures up images of the brutal house-to-house fighting that occurred during the 2004 U.S. invasion of the iconic city. But attacks in the area actually peaked two years later, when American and Iraqi government forces struggled with a reinvigorated insurgency and the prospect of premature withdrawal by U.S. forces. Fallujah Awakens tells the story of the remarkable turnaround that followed. Journalist Bill Ardolino explains how local tribal leaders and U.S. Marines forged a surprising alliance tha
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-129-5
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