Rage Company (eBook)

A Marine's Baptism By Fire

Thomas P. Daly (Autor)

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2010
352 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-470-57341-9 (ISBN)

Infos

One Marine's gripping story of the bloody battles, the Surge, and the Awakening of Sunni tribes that changed the tide in Iraq's Anbar provinceSeven minutes into the first patrol a firefight erupts. Quickly, the Marines of Rage Company became acquainted with the nature of counterinsurgency. Every day, more IEDs were planted than the Marines could clear. They avoided taking the same route twice, they never walked out in the open, and they steered clear of roads that hadn't been "e;swept"e; in the last hour. They were in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province and one of the deadliest cities in Iraq.In November 2006, then First Lieutenant Thomas Daly arrived as part of the "e;surge"e; in Ramadi, to take part in Operation Squeeze Play, a division-size effort to remove al Qaeda from Anbar province. In this powerful memoir, he describes the successful clearing of southern Ramadi's Second Officer's district, the Qatana, and the uprising of local citizens against al Qaeda on the eastern edge of the city (the result of an unlikely alliance between Daly's company and Thawar al Anbar). From the first patrol to the last in the spring of 2007, he takes you inside the daily successes and struggles of the operation and the stressful challenge of trying to discern who was a terrorist and who was a civilian. He tells the powerful and very human story of a people who want to free their country, yet have no basis on which to trust the American forces in helping them succeed."e;So vivid are Daly's descriptions that the reader can sense the tipping point and can anticipate that al Qaeda in Iraq will strike back savagely. What a tale Daly tells! You won't read this in textbook theories about counterinsurgency."e; -Bing West, author and retired Marine general, from his foreword to Rage Company "e;Rage Company will stand apart from the many Iraq memoirs and histories already published."e; -Nathaniel Fick, author of the New York Times bestseller, One Bullet Away "e;Tom Daly captures the uncertainty, chaos, fog and friction inherent in all combat. . . . In particular, he provides an inside, street-level look at the emergence of the Anbar Awakening. . . . Definitely belongs on the bookshelves of professionals."e; -T. X. Hammes, Colonel, USMC (Ret) author of The Sling and the Stone A Marine's personal story of fighting an insurgency and overcoming a siege mentality to work with Iraqis to rout a common enemy, Al Qaeda Captain Daly's unique perception of the battlefield has been shaped while operating with units of the United States Army, Navy SEALs, ANGLICO (Air, Naval Gunfire Liaison Company), Iraqi Army and Police Units, and anti-Al Qaeda guerrillas Filled with on-the-ground details and insights on military operations and strategy, Rage Company cements the accurate history of the unlikely alliance that redirected the Iraq War and set the course for operations in the future.

Autor

CAPT. THOMAS P. DALY III joined the Marines after graduating from the University of Rochester in 2004. During his career as anartillery officer, he has held a multitude of billets ranging from forward observer to intelligence cell leader. His unique perception of the battlefield has been shaped while operating with units of the United States Army, Navy SEALs, ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company), Iraqi Army and Police Units, and anti-Al Qaeda guerrillas. He is now a project manager for ITT Corporation and lives with his wife and daughter in New York.

Inhalt

Foreword by Bing West ixAcknowledgments xvList of Maps xviiPart One 1st Battalion, 37th Armor 11 Becoming a Bandit: The Baptism 32 Detainee Watch 203 Fortress Ramadi 464 Master of Puppets 63Part Two 1st Battalion, 6th Marines 815 Entering Qatana 836 Demons of Hurricane Point 1067 The Battle of Christmas Day 1338 A Dysfunctional Family 160Part Three 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry 1859 Silence the Dogs 18710 The Scouts 21311 Running Out of Luck 23812 Deadly Games 27813 By Way of Deception 30114 A Dog's Dying Bite 32515 Operation Squeeze Play: A Summary 346Index 355Photo galleries start on pages 41, 125 and 266.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Al Qaeda • combat description • Combat story • Gulf War • Insurgency • Iraq War • marine combat • marine history • Operation Iraqi Freedom • operation squeeze play • Rage Company • terrorism • us combat history • us marine history • US Marines • us war history • War history
• ISBN-10: 0-470-57341-4 / 0470573414
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-57341-9 / 9780470573419