House to house : an epic memoir of war /
In November, 2004, a U.S. infantry squad in Fallujah plunged into one of the most sustained and savage urban battles in the history of American men at arms. Ssg. Bellavia and his men confronted an enemy who had had weeks to prepare, booby-trapping houses, arranging ambushes, rigging entire city bloc...
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New York :
Free Press,
2007
New York : c2007 New York : 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st Free Press hardcover ed |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: The coffins of Muqdadiyah
- In the shit
- Beyond redemption
- The measure of a man
- Land rush
- Machines of loving grace
- The first angel
- Battle madness
- Doorways
- Dorothy's Oz gate
- Shadows and wraiths
- Rooftop Alamo
- The stay puft marshmallow cock
- Where feral dogs feed
- Better homes and gardens
- "The power of Christ compels you"
- The failed test of manhood
- A soldier's prayer
- Man-to-Man
- Blood oath
- The last caress
- A smoke on borrowed time
- Nut to butt in body bags
- Epilogue: Broken promises