{"product_id":"no-true-glory-bing-west-9780553383195","title":"No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah","description":"\"This is the face of war as only those who have fought it can describe it.\"-Senator John McCain \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFallujah: Iraq's most dangerous city unexpectedly emerged as the major battleground of the Iraqi insurgency. For twenty months, one American battalion after another tried to quell the violence, culminating in a bloody, full-scale assault. Victory came at a terrible price: 151 Americans and thousands of Iraqis were left dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe epic battle for Fallujah revealed the startling connections between policy and combat that are a part of the new reality of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Marines had planned to slip into Fallujah \"as soft as fog.\" But after four American contractors were brutally murdered, President Bush ordered an attack on the city-against the advice of the Marines. The assault sparked a political firestorm, and the Marines were forced to withdraw amid controversy and confusion-only to be ordered a second time to take a city that had become an inferno of hate and the lair of the archterrorist al-Zarqawi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on months spent with the battalions in Fallujah and hundreds of interviews at every level-senior policymakers, negotiators, generals, and soldiers and Marines on the front lines-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo True Glory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a testament to the bravery of the American soldier and a cautionary tale about the complex-and often costly-interconnected roles of policy, politics, and battle in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bing West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0553383191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553383195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.08w x 0.88d","brand":"Bing West","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045649477887,"sku":"9780553383195","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff92ed8a-5b92-4a6d-8e77-de6ea214f1b3.jpg?v=1684979929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-true-glory-bing-west-9780553383195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}