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Operation Phantom Fury : The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq by Dick Camp (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherQuarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-100760336989
ISBN-139780760336984
eBay Product ID (ePID)73293163
Product Key Features
Book TitleOperation Phantom Fury : the Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military / United States
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorDick Camp
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-020013
ReviewsThis is a heavy book. Because of the high-quality paper suitable for printing more than 150 color photographs plus mps, Operation Phantom Fury weighs about 2 pounds. And the information is worth the weight. Experienced author Dick Camp, a retired Marine colonel and Vietnam veteran, is vice president at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and its National Museum of the Marine Corps. He knows the subject. For this contemporary history, Camp conducted interviews and review oral histories-and made us of the bibliography. Operation Phantom Fury chronologically documents the on-the-ground events leading to the 2003 and 2004 military operations in Fallujah, Iraq, and makes clear that the operations relied on a team-soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Iraqi troops. He chooses exposition of eloquence, relying on participants' voices to bring drama and description. - Army Times News Service In November 2004 a joint US-Iraqi force of thousands moved against insurgents in Fallujah to eliminate some of the area's most 'hardcore' insurgents and restore peace. Code-named Operation Phantom Fury, this offensive turned out to be lethal urban combat - and its history and processes are chartered here in Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq , for any military library strong in modern combat. - Midwest Book Review, This is a heavy book. Because of the high-quality paper suitable for printing more than 150 color photographs plus mps,Operation Phantom Furyweighs about 2 pounds. And the information is worth the weight. Experienced author Dick Camp, a retired Marine colonel and Vietnam veteran, is vice president at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and its National Museum of the Marine Corps. He knows the subject. For this contemporary history, Camp conducted interviews and review oral histories-and made us of the bibliography.Operation Phantom Furychronologically documents the on-the-ground events leading to the 2003 and 2004 military operations in Fallujah, Iraq, and makes clear that the operations relied on a team-soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Iraqi troops. He chooses exposition of eloquence, relying on participantsrs" voices to bring drama and description. -Army Times News Service In November 2004 a joint US-Iraqi force of thousands moved against insurgents in Fallujah to eliminate some of the area's most 'hardcore' insurgents and restore peace. Code-named Operation Phantom Fury, this offensive turned out to be lethal urban combat - and its history and processes are chartered here inOperation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq, for any military library strong in modern combat. -MidwestBook Review, This is a heavy book. Because of the high-quality paper suitable for printing more than 150 color photographs plus mps, Operation Phantom Fury weighs about 2 pounds. And the information is worth the weight. Experienced author Dick Camp, a retired Marine colonel and Vietnam veteran, is vice president at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and its National Museum of the Marine Corps. He knows the subject. For this contemporary history, Camp conducted interviews and review oral histories--and made us of the bibliography. Operation Phantom Fury chronologically documents the on-the-ground events leading to the 2003 and 2004 military operations in Fallujah, Iraq, and makes clear that the operations relied on a team--soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Iraqi troops. He chooses exposition of eloquence, relying on participants' voices to bring drama and description. - Army Times News Service In November 2004 a joint US-Iraqi force of thousands moved against insurgents in Fallujah to eliminate some of the area's most 'hardcore' insurgents and restore peace. Code-named Operation Phantom Fury, this offensive turned out to be lethal urban combat - and its history and processes are chartered here in Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq , for any military library strong in modern combat. - Midwest Book Review, "When Dick Camp writes about Marines, he does so from the heart. Operation Phantom Fury is in the top tier of books about Marines at war." - Eric Hammel, author of Marines in Hue City and The Root: The Marines in Beruit, This is a heavy book. Because of the high-quality paper suitable for printing more than 150 color photographs plus mps, Operation Phantom Fury weighs about 2 pounds. And the information is worth the weight. Experienced author Dick Camp, a retired Marine colonel and Vietnam veteran, is vice president at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and its National Museum of the Marine Corps. He knows the subject. For this contemporary history, Camp conducted interviews and review oral histories-and made us of the bibliography. Operation Phantom Fury chronologically documents the on-the-ground events leading to the 2003 and 2004 military operations in Fallujah, Iraq, and makes clear that the operations relied on a team-soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Iraqi troops. He chooses exposition of eloquence, relying on participants’ voices to bring drama and description. - Army Times News Service In November 2004 a joint US-Iraqi force of thousands moved against insurgents in Fallujah to eliminate some of the area's most 'hardcore' insurgents and restore peace. Code-named Operation Phantom Fury, this offensive turned out to be lethal urban combat - and its history and processes are chartered here in Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq , for any military library strong in modern combat. - Midwest Book Review, "When Dick Camp writes about Marines, he does so from the heart.Operation Phantom Furyis in the top tier of books about Marines at war." -Eric Hammel, author ofMarines in Hue Cityand The Root: The Marines in Beruit, “When Dick Camp writes about Marines, he does so from the heart. Operation Phantom Fury is in the top tier of books about Marines at war.� - Eric Hammel, author of Marines in Hue City and The Root: The Marines in Beruit, This is a heavy book. Because of the high-quality paper suitable for printing more than 150 color photographs plus mps,Operation Phantom Furyweighs about 2 pounds. And the information is worth the weight. xperienced author Dick Camp, a retired Marine colonel and Vietnam veteran, is vice president at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and its National Museum of the Marine Corps. He knows the subject. For this contemporary history, Camp conducted interviews and review oral histories-and made us of the bibliography.Operation Phantom Furychronologically documents the on-the-ground events leading to the 2003 and 2004 military operations in Fallujah, Iraq, and makes clear that the operations relied on a team-soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Iraqi troops. He chooses exposition of eloquence, relying on participantsrs" voices to bring drama and description. -Army Times News Service In November 2004 a joint US-Iraqi force of thousands moved against insurgents in Fallujah to eliminate some of the area's most 'hardcore' insurgents and restore peace. Code-named Operation Phantom Fury, this offensive turned out to be lethal urban combat - and its history and processes are chartered here inOperation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq, for any military library strong in modern combat. -MidwestBook Review, "When Dick Camp writes about Marines, he does so from the heart. Operation Phantom Fury is in the top tier of books about Marines at war." -- Eric Hammel, author of Marines in Hue City and The Root: The Marines in Beruit, "Marine master historian and author Dick Camp has written the definitive account of the two major battles for the city of Fallujah and a "spot-on" historical account of one of our Marines' hardest fights since the Vietnam-era ended. The book is exquisite to hold in your hands; beautifully bound, it contains more than 150 color photos set on high-quality manuscript paper." -Leatherneck Magazine, “Marine master historian and author Dick Camp has written the definitive account of the two major battles for the city of Fallujah and a “spot-on� historical account of one of our Marines’ hardest fights since the Vietnam-era ended. The book is exquisite to hold in your hands; beautifully bound, it contains more than 150 color photos set on high-quality manuscript paper.� - Leatherneck Magazine, "Marine master historian and author Dick Camp has written the definitive account of the two major battles for the city of Fallujah and a "spot-on" historical account of one of our Marines' hardest fights since the Vietnam-era ended. The book is exquisite to hold in your hands; beautifully bound, it contains more than 150 color photos set on high-quality manuscript paper." - Leatherneck Magazine
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal956.7044/342
SynopsisThe Second Battle for Fallujah, dubbed Operation Phantom Fury, took place over an almost two-month period, from November 7 to December 23, 2004. The Marine Corps' biggest battle in Iraq to date, it was so prolonged and fierce that it has entered the pantheon of USMC battles alongside Iwo Jima, Inchon, and Hue City. This book offers an in-depth, intimate look into Operation Phantom Fury, the single most significant battle undertaken during the occupation of Iraq. The author, a retired Marine Corps colonel with combat service in Vietnam, conducted personal interviews with combatants, from the division commander in charge of the operation down to Marine infantrymen who did the fighting. The result--illustrated with a hundred action photographs--is a rare firsthand account of the brutal reality of the war in Iraq, how this battle for a key city was fought, and how such a crucial battle looks from positions of command and from the thick of the fight., An illustrated in-depth, intimate look into the Second Battle for Fallujah, the Marine Corps' most significant battle during the occupation of Iraq.
LC Classification NumberDS79.766.F3C366 2009
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