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|  | | Marines in the Garden of Eden
Marines in the Garden of Eden is the story of America’s sons and daughters who fought, bled, and died in a little-known city on the banks of the Euphrates River. Richard Lowry places you among the participants, on an ancient battlefield, at the edge of civilization.
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| |  | | New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah
Fallujah. Few names conjure up as many images of blood, sacrifice, and valor as does this ancient city in Al Anbar province forty miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. combat operations in 2004. The first was Operation Vigilant Resolve, an aborted effort that April by U.S. Marines intent on punishing the city's insurgents. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. Richard Lowry's 'New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah' is the first comprehensive history of this fighting.
Also known as the Second Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury was a protracted house-to-house and street-to-street combat that began on November 7 and continued unabated for seven bloody and exhausting weeks. It was the largest fight of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the heaviest urban combat since the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam in 1968. Death and redemption were found everywhere, from narrow streets to courtyards, kitchens, bedrooms, and rooftops. By the time the fighting ended, more than 1,400 insurgents were dead, compared to ninety-five Americans (and another 1,000 wounded) | |  | | The Gulf War Chronicles
The Gulf War Chronicles provides an historical account of the beginning of America’s fight against evil in the Middle East. Operation Desert Storm was the opening battle in a war that continues today. How can we move forward toward victory without understanding what really happened in our first encounter in Iraq?
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| |  | | US Marine in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003
Read what it was like to be a Marine during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Contains photos, maps, charts and artwork.
Operation Iraqi Freedom officially began on March 20, 2003 and has become one of the most controversial conflicts of modern warfare. Thousands of US Marines were deployed into Iraq in order to topple the dictatorship government and liberate the Iraqi people. This book examines the experience of those "ordinary" Marines who fought on the frontline of one of the major battles in the operation, the battle for An Nasiriyah. This title details the Marines' enlistment, levels of training and life in the Iraqi desert, as well as exploring their important role in the complex stabi |
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