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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463105703321

Autore

Couch Dick <1943->

Titolo

The sheriff of Ramadi : Navy SEALs and the winning of al-Anbar / / by Dick Couch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-61251-418-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044345

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - AnbĀ©ar (Province)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The Ramadi SEALs : evolution of the warrior -- The terrain -- The first SEAL task unit in Ramadi -- The second task unit and the battle for Ramadi -- The battle turns -- The last Ramadi task unit -- Epilogue : the lessons of Ramadi.

Sommario/riassunto

In this ground-breaking book, best-selling author and former U.S. Navy SEAL Dick Couch reports on the actions of the SEAL Task Unit during the Battle of Ramadi in Iraq s al-Anbar Province between 2005 and 2007. When he began his research, the author thought he would be writing about the SEALs courage in the face of a losing cause. Instead, he discovered a startling success story whose importance has gone unrecognized in the war against al-Qaeda. Couch argues that the lessons of Ramadi, with SEALs fighting alongside regular forces in an urban war zone, call for using this strategy more widely.