Blood Stripes

David Danelo

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Year: 2007
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780811742054
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

• The dynamic story of the life and times of five Marine corporals and sergeants, men at the front lines of the war in Iraq
• First extended account of the Marine experience fighting the Iraq insurgency from the grunt's perspective
• Author interviewed charismatic and controversial Marine Gen. James N. "Mad Dog" Mattis, a legendary Marine commander revered by the grunts and gives new details about the battle for Fallujah

A sometimes harrowing, often humorous, and occasionally tragic look at the Marine Corps from the inside out in its struggle with the insurgency in Iraq. Drawing from personal experience in the confusing, deadly conflict currently being fought in the streets and back alleys of Iraqi towns and villages, Danelo focuses on the young Marine leaders--corporals and sergeants--whose job it is to take even younger Marines into battle, close with and destroy an elusive enemy, and bring their boys back home again. Sadly, there are losses, but true to the Marine Corps spirit, they soldier on, earning their blood stripes the only way they know how--the hard way.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Author's Note
• Dramatis Personae
• Prologue: Grunts
• Chapter 1: Go Tell the Spartans
• Chapter 2: Market Street
• Chapter 3: The Snake Pit
• Chapter 4: Fallujah, Interrupted
• Chapter 5: The Little Things That Kill
• Chapter 6: Martyrs
• Chapter 7: Bad Karmah
• Chapter 8: All Quiet on the Western Front
• Chapter 9: The River
• Chapter 10: Inshallah
• Chapter 11: Social Energy
• Chapter 12: Sophomoric Behavior
• Chapter 13: Season of Harvest
• Chapter 14: Hail the Conquering Hero
• Chapter 15: Our Way of Life
• Epilogue: Citizens
• Glossary of Marine/Iraqi Terms
• United States Marine Corps Rank Chart
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• Back Cover
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