Author: Mike Tucker
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS, Jan 2008
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0-8117-0318-5
Synopsis
Embedded with a platoon of elite Marine snipers & scouts in Iraq for its combat tour in 2005?06; captures true-grit Marines at war. 27 B&W photos, 6x9 inches; 256 pgs.
More Information
* First-ever oral history of an entire Marine scout-sniper platoon
* Evidence of how Al Qaeda penetrated the Fallujah police department
* Never-before-seen photos of suicide bombings in Fallujah
* Boots-on-the-ground perspective on American policy in action in Iraq
In this raw & provocative new book, readers wear desert camouflage, climb to rooftops, & get behind the rifle with a platoon of elite Marine snipers & scouts in Iraq. Author Mike Tucker embedded with the unit for its entire combat tour in 2005?06 to tell this exclusive from-the-frontlines story. Ronin captures true-grit Marines at war as they reconnoiter Iraqi villages, track terrorist targets, grapple with unrealistic rules of engagement, & get the kill. It also contains the only firsthand accounts of such previously unreported actions as an Al Qaeda attack on a police station & the ?winter of the sniper? when terrorist gunmen plagued Coalition forces in Fallujah.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
?Mike Tucker has more street cred with American warriors in Iraq than any other writer.? --Salt Lake Tribune
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mike Tucker is a Marine infantry veteran who has reported on guerrilla warfare & terrorism from hot spots around the globe, including Thailand, Burma, Spain, & Iraq. He holds bachelor?s & master?s degrees from James Madison University, where he was a visiting scholar on counterterrorism in 2006. Tucker is also the author of The Long Patrol, Hell Is Over, & Among Warriors in Iraq.
