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- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9781932033816
- Book Title
- War on Two Fronts : an Infantry Commander's War in Iraq and the Pentagon
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Middle East / Iraq, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Modern / General
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 19.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 306 Pages
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Winner of The Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award for Excellence in U.S. Army History Writing- Journals, memoirs and letters, June 2008 Shortly after the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the war in Iraq became the most confusing in U.S. history, the high command not knowing who to fight, who was attacking Coalition troops, and who among the different Iraqi groups were fighting each other. Yet there were a few astute officers like Lt. Col. Christopher Hughes, commanding the 2d Battalion of the 327th Inf. Regiment, 101st Airborne, who sensed the complexity of the task from the beginning. In "War on Two Fronts" Col. Hughes writes movingly of his "No-Slack" battalion at war in Iraq. The war got off to a bang for Hughes, when his brigade command tent was fragged by a Muslim sergeant in the 101st, leaving him briefly in charge of the brigade. Amid the nighttime confusion of 14 casualties, a nearby Patriot missile blasted off, panicking nearly everyone while mistakenly bringing down a British Tornado fighter-bomber. As Hughes' battalion forged into Iraq they successfully liberated the city of Najaf, securing the safety of Grand Ayatollah Sistani and the Mosque of Ali, while showing an acute cultural awareness in doing so that caught the world's attention. It was a feat that landed Hughes within the pages of Time, Newsweek and other publications. The "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne then implemented creative programs in the initial postwar occupation, including harvesting the national wheat and barley crops, while combating nearly invisible insurgents. Conscious that an army battalion is a community of some 700-plus households, and that when a unit goes off to war the families are intimately connected in our internet age, Hughes makes clear the strength of those connections and how morale is best supported at both ends. Transferred to Washington after his tour in Iraq, Hughes then writes an illuminating account of the herculean efforts of many in the Pentagon to work around the corporatist elements of its bureaucracy, in order to better understand counterinsurgency and national reconstruction, which Lawrence of Arabia characterized as "like learning to eat soup with a knife." To read this book will help understand the sources of mistakes made--and still being made--and the process needed to chart a successful strategy. Written with candor and no shortage of humor, intermixed with brutal scenes of combat and frank analysis, this book is a must-read for all those who seek insight into our current war in the Mideast.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
ISBN-10
1932033815
ISBN-13
9781932033816
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60727039
Product Key Features
Book Title
War on Two Fronts : an Infantry Commander's War in Iraq and the Pentagon
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Middle East / Iraq, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Modern / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
History
Number of Pages
306 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.5in
Length
9.1in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds79.764
Reviews
...deserves your attention. Hughes is close enough to see the big picture and small details...unfiltered by media looking to sell paper or ratings..., Hughes offers an insightful review of our problem in Iraq as a loyal supporter of President Bush...His book becomes genuinely thoughtful as he concludes that, while America was absolutely right to invade Iraq to depose an evil dictator, our ignorance of that nation 's history and religion has led to chaos, "...engaging contemporaneous history... Hughes presents valuable eye witness accounts ... from himself, other officers, senior non-commissioned officers, and embedded media. ...is thoughtful while being purposeful and direct. ...provides many valuable lessons in effective leadership, combat innovation and "post hostility operations"., "This battle narrative gives a clear and candid overview of how a leader deals with combat. . . . Likewise [Hughes] is clear about what he feels the strengths and successes of the army are, both in Iraq and institutionally. . . . Recommended."--, ...conveys the perceptive views of an exceptional officer who should definitely be bound for higher places., "A first-class, personal account of combat in Iraq and how bureaucracies wage war. . . . War on Two Fronts makes real contributions to understanding battalion command in both conventional and unconventional operations, and to understanding the essence of full spectrum operations." ARMY MAGAZINE Feb 2008, ... a very clearly written appraisal that affords more than the usual perspective on what kind of cleaning up in the Pentagon will be needed when the war and the Bush administration have passed into history. Definitely valuable to serious students of defense issues., Winner of The Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award for Excellence in U.S. Army History Writing- Journals, memoirs and letters
Table of Content
Foreword by Rick Atkinson Preface PART I: THE 31ST INVASION OF ANCIENT MESPOTAMIA 1. PREPARING FOR WAR 2. THE BATTLE FOR NAJAF 3. THE MOSQUE OF ALI 4. AL HILLAH--THE BATTLE FOR BABYLON 5. NORTHERN IRAQ 6. CHANGING COMMAND IN COMBAT PART II: A FOOTSTOOL AT THE SEAT OF POWER 7. THE PENTAGON 8. ON TO THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE 9. THE GREATER WAR ON TERRORISM 10. THE WAY FORWARD Appendix I: A Strategy for Leaving Iraq Appendix II: Know Your Enemy Acknowledgments Notes Index
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-293872
Dewey Decimal
956.7044/342092
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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