Thunder Run - The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad

Klappentext Based on reporting that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Thunder Run chronicles one of the boldest gambles in modern military history. Three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of 5 million people and in three days of bloody combat ended the Iraqi war. Thunder Run is the story of the surprise assault on Baghdad?one of the most decisive battles in American combat history?by the Spartan Brigade, the Second Brigade of the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized). More than just a rendering of a single battle, Thunder Run candidly recounts how soldiers respond under fire and stress and how human frailties are magnified in a war zone. The product of over a hundred interviews with commanders and men from the Second Brigade, Thunder Run is a riveting firsthand account of how a single armored brigade was able to capture an Arab capital defended by one of the world's largest armies. Zusammenfassung In one of the boldest gambles in modern military history! just three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of 5 million people and! in three bloddy days of combat ended the Iraqi war. Thunder Run is the story of the surprise assault on Baghdad-one of the most decisive battle in American combat history-by the Spartan Brigade! the Second Brigade of the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized). More than just a rendering of a single battle! Thunder Run is a candid account of how soldiers respond under fire and stress and how human frailties are magnified in a war zone.

Product details

• Authors: David Zucchino, Zucchino David
• Assisted by: Mark Bowden (Foreword), Bowden Mark (Foreword)
• Publisher: Atlantic monthly press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2004
• EAN: 9780802141798
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-4179-8
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; Irak, Amerika, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / General, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), c 2000 to c 2009, United States of America, USA, Iraq, Baghdad, Military intelligence, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Specific wars and campaigns, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General