In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat by Atkinson, Rick

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ISBN
9780805077735
Book Title
In the Company of Soldiers : a Chronicle of Combat
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
Item Length
8.2 in
Publication Year
2005
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Rick Atkinson
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military / United States, Middle East / General, Military
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
352 Pages
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Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805077731
ISBN-13
9780805077735
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30984326

Product Key Features

Book Title
In the Company of Soldiers : a Chronicle of Combat
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military / United States, Middle East / General, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Rick Atkinson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-067607
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
An engaging and accurate view of life on the ground during the Iraq war. It likely will be the Embedded Book to Read., "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and frontline grunts battle their way to Baghdad...A must read." -- Tom Brokaw "A perceptive, exciting and engaging book. The battle scenes are heart-pounding narratives." -- The Washington Post Book World "A fascinating first-hand account." -- The Economist "An engaging and accurate view of life on the ground during the Iraq war. It likely will be the Embedded Book to Read." -- Chicago Tribune "An exceptional achievement...With a skill rarely seen in the genre of military narratives, Atkinson tells a compelling story about the war and the modern American military that fought it." -- The Indianapolis Star "Atkinson's deep knowledge of the U.S. military, combined with his reporting skills and fluid writing, have yielded, as expected, a superb book about the fall of Iraq." -- The Denver Post, A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and frontline grunts battle their way to Baghdad...A must read., An exceptional achievement...With a skill rarely seen in the genre of military narratives, Atkinson tells a compelling story about the war and the modern American military that fought it., "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and frontline grunts battle their way to Baghdad . . . A must read." -Tom Brokaw "A perceptive, exciting and engaging book. The battle scenes are heart-pounding narratives." - The Washington Post Book World "A fascinating first-hand account." - The Economist "An engaging and accurate view of life on the ground during the Iraq war. It likely will be the Embedded Book to Read."- Chicago Tribune "An exceptional achievement . . . With a skill rarely seen in the genre of military narratives, Atkinson tells a compelling story about the war and the modern American military that fought it." - The Indianapolis Star, Atkinson's deep knowledge of the U.S. military, combined with his reporting skills and fluid writing, have yielded, as expected, a superb book about the fall of Iraq., "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and frontline grunts battle their way to Baghdad . . . A must read." -Tom Brokaw "A perceptive, exciting and engaging book. The battle scenes are heart-pounding narratives." -The Washington Post Book World "A fascinating first-hand account." -The Economist "An engaging and accurate view of life on the ground during the Iraq war. It likely will be the Embedded Book to Read."-Chicago Tribune "An exceptional achievement . . . With a skill rarely seen in the genre of military narratives, Atkinson tells a compelling story about the war and the modern American military that fought it." -The Indianapolis Star, "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and frontline grunts battle their way to Baghdad...A must read."-Tom Brokaw "A perceptive, exciting and engaging book. The battle scenes are heart-pounding narratives."- The Washington Post Book World "A fascinating first-hand account."- The Economist "An engaging and accurate view of life on the ground during the Iraq war. It likely will be the Embedded Book to Read."- Chicago Tribune "An exceptional achievement...With a skill rarely seen in the genre of military narratives, Atkinson tells a compelling story about the war and the modern American military that fought it."- The Indianapolis Star "Atkinson's deep knowledge of the U.S. military, combined with his reporting skills and fluid writing, have yielded, as expected, a superb book about the fall of Iraq."- The Denver Post
Dewey Decimal
956.7044/3
Synopsis
Intimate, vivid, and well-informed . . .On the field of battle where more than 770 journalists were 'embedded,' Atkinson stood apart as one of the very rare war correspondents who are also fine military historians., From Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Rick Atkinson (Liberation Trilogy) comes an eyewitness account of the war against Iraq and a vivid portrait of a remarkable group of soldiers. "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and front-line grunts battle their way to Baghdad.... A must-read."--Tom Brokaw For soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, the road to Baghdad began with a midnight flight out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in late February 2003. For Rick Atkinson, who would spend nearly two months covering the division for The Washington Post, the war in Iraq provided a unique opportunity to observe today's U.S. Army in combat. Now, in this extraordinary account of his odyssey with the 101st, Atkinson presents an intimate and revealing portrait of the soldiers who fight the expeditionary wars that have become the hallmark of our age. At the center of Atkinson's drama stands the compelling figure of Major General David H. Petraeus, described by one comrade as "the most competitive man on the planet." Atkinson spent virtually all day every day at Petraeus's elbow in Iraq, where he had an unobstructed view of the stresses, anxieties, and large joys of commanding 17,000 soldiers in combat. And all around Petraeus, we see the men and women of a storied division grapple with the challenges of waging war in an unspeakably harsh environment. With the eye of a master storyteller, a brilliant military historian puts us right on the battlefield. In the Company of Soldiers is a compelling, utterly fresh view of the modern American soldier in action., "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and front-line grunts battle their way to Baghdad.... A must-read."--Tom Brokaw For soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, the road to Baghdad began with a midnight flight out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in late February 2003. For Rick Atkinson, who would spend nearly two months covering the division for The Washington Post, the war in Iraq provided a unique opportunity to observe today's U.S. Army in combat. Now, in this extraordinary account of his odyssey with the 101st, Atkinson presents an intimate and revealing portrait of the soldiers who fight the expeditionary wars that have become the hallmark of our age. At the center of Atkinson's drama stands the compelling figure of Major General David H. Petraeus, described by one comrade as "the most competitive man on the planet." Atkinson spent virtually all day every day at Petraeus's elbow in Iraq, where he had an unobstructed view of the stresses, anxieties, and large joys of commanding 17,000 soldiers in combat. And all around Petraeus, we see the men and women of a storied division grapple with the challenges of waging war in an unspeakably harsh environment. With the eye of a master storyteller, a brilliant military historian puts us right on the battlefield. In the Company of Soldiers is a compelling, utterly fresh view of the modern American soldier in action.
LC Classification Number
DS79.764.U6A85 2004

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