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Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq
David J. Danelo
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Description for Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 photos & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
A sometimes harrowing, often humorous, and occasionally tragic look at the Marine Corps from the inside out in its struggle with the insurgency in Iraq. Drawing from personal experience in the confusing, deadly conflict currently being fought in the streets and back alleys of Iraqi towns and villages, Danelo focuses on the young Marine leaders--corporals and sergeants--whose job it is to take even younger Marines into battle, close with and destroy an elusive enemy, and bring their boys back home again. Sadly, there are losses, but true to the Marine Corps spirit, they soldier on, earning their blood stripes the ... Read more
A sometimes harrowing, often humorous, and occasionally tragic look at the Marine Corps from the inside out in its struggle with the insurgency in Iraq. Drawing from personal experience in the confusing, deadly conflict currently being fought in the streets and back alleys of Iraqi towns and villages, Danelo focuses on the young Marine leaders--corporals and sergeants--whose job it is to take even younger Marines into battle, close with and destroy an elusive enemy, and bring their boys back home again. Sadly, there are losses, but true to the Marine Corps spirit, they soldier on, earning their blood stripes the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811701648
SKU
V9780811701648
Shipping Time
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99-15
About David J. Danelo
David J. Danelo is a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War. His work has appeared in the New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Marine Corps Gazette, and Parade magazine. He also has appeared on Fox News and other national networks. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he is also the author of Blood Stripes: The Grunts View of ... Read more
Reviews for Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq
"It's a must-read
a real story of the War in Iraq - from those who know it well."
TogetherWeServed.com. "...a superb cover-to-cover read, allowing any combat bookworm to mix and mingle with the complex problems of confronting hardened and deadly insurgency fighters."
Leatherneck, Magazine of the Marines, January 2007.
a real story of the War in Iraq - from those who know it well."
TogetherWeServed.com. "...a superb cover-to-cover read, allowing any combat bookworm to mix and mingle with the complex problems of confronting hardened and deadly insurgency fighters."
Leatherneck, Magazine of the Marines, January 2007.