{"product_id":"black-hearts-jim-frederick-9780307450760","title":"Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Riveting. . . a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment--a unit known as \"the Black Heart Brigade.\" Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country's most dangerous location at its most dangerous time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHit by near-daily mortars, gunfire, and roadside bomb attacks, suffering from a particularly heavy death toll, and enduring a chronic breakdown in leadership, members of one Black Heart platoon--1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion--descended, over their year-long tour of duty, into a tailspin of poor discipline, substance abuse, and brutality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour 1st Platoon soldiers would perpetrate one of the most heinous war crimes U.S. forces have committed during the Iraq War--the rape of a fourteen-year-old Iraqi girl and the cold-blooded execution of her and her family. Three other 1st Platoon soldiers would be overrun at a remote outpost--one killed immediately and two taken from the scene, their mutilated corpses found days later booby-trapped with explosives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching account of the epic, tragic deployment of 1st Platoon. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with Black Heart soldiers and first-hand reporting from the Triangle of Death, \u003ci\u003eBlack Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless story about men in combat and the fragility of character in the savage crucible of warfare. But it is also a timely warning of new dangers emerging in the way American soldiers are led on the battlefields of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Frederick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307450767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307450760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2011 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/07\/2011 pg. 53","brand":"Jim Frederick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055432265983,"sku":"9780307450760","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_654141af-a36e-4d68-a519-d66c074fa238.jpg?v=1685035736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-hearts-jim-frederick-9780307450760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}