No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah

This book is nitty gritty, get down and dirty with the grunts fighting the battle and an excellent narrative with good background info on why the battle was fought and how government bureaucrats set the stage for a battle the Marines didn't feel necessary to fight in the beginning but got the job done in the end. Dedicated to "to the corporals", the backbone of Marine infantry, Bing West is...more

This book is nitty gritty, get down and dirty with the grunts fighting the battle and an excellent narrative with good background info on why the battle was fought and how government bureaucrats set the stage for a battle the Marines didn't feel necessary to fight in the beginning but got the job done in the end. Dedicated to "to the corporals", the backbone of Marine infantry, Bing West is an experienced combat veteran that takes you into the middle of the action. A page turner to the end and hard to put down. If George W. Bush had served in the infantry in any conflict, he wouldn't have had such a hard on to start the whole Iraq fiasco.    hide