"Along the Tigris" tells the story of 16,000 soldiers in combat, from the training grounds of Fort Campbell, through the toughest battles in the blitz of Baghdad to the Nineveh province, where the 101st Airborne Division anchored for eight months after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Without precedent or a plan, the division sketched the blueprint to win the peace as they went - rebuilding schools and health clinics, reestablishing the local infrastructure, standing up city governments and building trust with the local people. "Along the Tigris" gets beyond the headlines, telling the true story of the Army's most storied division in the Iraq war.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Thomas L. Day
EAN: 9780764326202
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-02-14
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GENRE: HISTORY / Military / United States
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Book Themes:
Iraq, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, c 2000 to c 2009, Air forces and warfare, Middle Eastern history, Military history