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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.70443092
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Free Press
Manufacturer: Free Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: September 04, 2007
Publisher: Free Press
Sales Rank: 36925
Studio: Free Press
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'Blood flows over my left hand and I lose my grip on his hair. His head snaps back against the floor. In an instant, his fists are pummeling me. I rock from his counterblows. He lands one on my injured jaw and the pain nearly blinds me. He connects with my nose, and blood and snot pour down my throat. I spit blood between my teeth and scream with him. The two of us sound like caged dogs locked in a death match. We are.'
On the night of November 10, 2004, a U.S. Army infantry squad under Staff Sergeant David Bellavia entered the heart of the city of Fallujah and plunged into one of the most sustained and savage urban battles in the history of American men at arms.
With Third Platoon, Alpha Company, part of the Army's Task Force 2/2, Bellavia and his men confronted an enemy who had had weeks to prepare, booby-trapping houses, arranging ambushes, rigging entire city blocks as explosives-laden kill zones, and even stocking up on atropine, a steroid that pumps up fighters in the equivalent of a long-lasting crack high. Entering one house, alone, Bellavia faced the fight of his life against six insurgents, using every weapon at his disposal, including a knife. It is the stuff of legend and the chief reason he is one of the great heroes of the Iraq War.
Bringing to searing life the terrifying intimacy of hand-to-hand infantry combat, House to House is far more than just another war story. Populated by an indelibly drawn cast of characters, from a fearless corporal who happens to be a Bush-hating liberal to an inspirational sergeant-major who became the author's own lost father figure, it develops the intensely close relationships that form between soldiers under fire. Their friendships, tested in brutal combat, would never be quite the same. Not all of them would make it out of the city alive. What happened to them in their bloody embrace with America's most implacable enemy is a harrowing, unforgettable story of triumph, tragedy, and the resiliency of the human spirit.
A timeless portrait of the U.S. infantryman's courage, House to House is a soldier's memoir that is destined to rank with the finest personal accounts of men at war.
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Rating: - Americans - Read It!!!
One of the most interesting and inspiring books I've read in years.It should be required reading for all Americans who have not had an opportunity to serve in the military.It makes you think about the difficult and sometimes fatal consequences our political decisions have on the men and women who wear the uniform of freedom.
Rating: - Excellent !
I have been reading history all my life concerning The American revolution, War between the States, WWI and WWII. I am a combat Vietnam veteran and have finally starting to read some excellent books of that era.
I read my first book on the War in Iraq"Monent of Truth In Iraq" by Michael Yon. His book really gave me a jump start. I am so proud of our soldiers and now I'm finally proud that I servered in Vietnam.
House to House was by far the best book on war that I've read. I ... Read More
Rating: - Iraq
One of the best books I have read in many years about the realties and randomness of the war on terror.This book brings you into to the life or death struggle for Fallujah.
Rating:  - HOUSE TO HOUSE
I thought this was a Great read - I'm so Proud of our Infantry . I didn't like All the Foul Language But i was able to get by that. Really a Great story of Brave men at War .
Rating: - Compelling read
Fast read, hard to put the book down, nonstop pace. The author's description of his inner struggle to "finish the job" he began in the midst of the siege was quite moving. Even more moving was the author's return back to Fallujah to honor the dead . Great book, highly recommended.
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