Bing West is the author of several books, including the award-winning The March Up- Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines and the Vietnam classic The Village. He served as a Marine in Vietnam and was assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan. He lives in Rhode Island. Visit his website at www.westwrite.com.
“While many other correspondents have ventured to the front lines
in Iraq, few have stayed as long as West, or brought as much
knowledge of military affairs to their work. The result is a book
that … features amazing accounts of heroism, brutality,
perseverance, and gallows humor.”—Max Boot, The Weekly Standard
"No True Glory is the gripping account of the valor of the Marines
in the fiercest urban combat since Hue. Yet, the
even-handed description of the vacillation regarding policy
will likely please neither some of our senior officers nor the
White House."—Former Secretary of Defense, James R. Schlesinger
"No True Glory is the best book on the U.S. military in Iraq to
emerge so far."—Tom Ricks of The Washington Post
“The finest chronicle of the strategy behind battle and the
fighting during battle that I've ever read!"—General Carl E. Mundy,
former Commandant of the Marine Corps
"A remarkably detailed, vivid firsthand account of the American
military experience…. West’s focus is on the “frontline,” putting
the reader at the negotiating table with U.S. military commanders
and Fallujan sheiks, imams, and rebel leaders; in the barracks; and
on the street, fighting hand to hand, house to house, in some of
the fiercest battles of the Fallujah campaign and the Iraq
war."—Booklist
“West describes the fury of the fighting in Fallujah and Ramadi in
a style that makes him part historian, part novelist — the grunts'
Homer.”—LA Times Book Review
“West successfully brings the war back home in all its agonizing
and illuminating detail. From the combat stories of those on the
ground all the way up to the White House, West [is] uniquely placed
to write a chronicle of the fight. The narrative truly shines."—The
Christian Science Monitor
“Exhaustively reported...West paints a picture of highly capable
Marines struggling to make the best of untenable political
circumstances.”—Washington Post Book World
"While many other correspondents have ventured to the front lines
in Iraq, few have stayed as long as West, or brought as much
knowledge of military affairs to their work. The result is a book
that ... features amazing accounts of heroism, brutality,
perseverance, and gallows humor."-Max Boot, The Weekly
Standard
"No True Glory is the gripping account of the valor of the
Marines in the fiercest urban combat since Hue. Yet, the
even-handed description of the vacillation regarding policy will
likely please neither some of our senior officers nor the White
House."-Former Secretary of Defense, James R. Schlesinger
"No True Glory is the best book on the U.S. military in Iraq
to emerge so far."-Tom Ricks of The Washington Post
"The finest chronicle of the strategy behind battle and the
fighting during battle that I've ever read!"-General Carl E. Mundy,
former Commandant of the Marine Corps
"A remarkably detailed, vivid firsthand account of the American
military experience.... West's focus is on the "frontline," putting
the reader at the negotiating table with U.S. military commanders
and Fallujan sheiks, imams, and rebel leaders; in the barracks; and
on the street, fighting hand to hand, house to house, in some of
the fiercest battles of the Fallujah campaign and the Iraq
war."-Booklist
"West describes the fury of the fighting in Fallujah and
Ramadi in a style that makes him part historian, part novelist -
the grunts' Homer."-LA Times Book Review
"West successfully brings the war back home in all its
agonizing and illuminating detail. From the combat stories of those
on the ground all the way up to the White House, West [is] uniquely
placed to write a chronicle of the fight. The narrative truly
shines."-The Christian Science Monitor
"Exhaustively reported...West paints a picture of highly capable
Marines struggling to make the best of untenable political
circumstances."-Washington Post Book World
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