Ronin: A Marine Scout-Sniper Platoon in Iraq - Hardcover

Tucker, Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811703185 ISBN 13: 9780811703185

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2007

Synopsis

First-ever oral history of an entire Marine scout-sniper platoon

Evidence of how Al Qaeda penetrated the Fallujah police department and never-before-seen photos of suicide bombings in Fallujah

Boots-on-the-ground perspective on American policy in action in Iraq

In this raw and provocative new book, readers wear desert camouflage, climb to rooftops, and get behind the rifle with a platoon of elite Marine snipers and scouts in Iraq. Author Mike Tucker embedded with the unit for its entire combat tour in 2005-06 to tell this exclusive from-the-frontlines story. Ronin captures true-grit Marines at war as they reconnoiter Iraqi villages, track terrorist targets, grapple with unrealistic rules of engagement, and get the kill. It also contains the only firsthand accounts of such previously unreported actions as an Al Qaeda attack on a police station and the "winter of the sniper" when terrorist gunmen plagued Coalition forces in Fallujah.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Tucker is a Marine infantry veteran who has reported on guerrilla warfare and terrorism from hot spots around the globe, including Thailand, Burma, Spain, and Iraq. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from James Madison University, where he was a visiting scholar on counterterrorism in 2006. Tucker is also the author of The Long Patrol (978-9-7483-03796-), Hell Is Over (978-1-5922-8885-4), and Among Warriors in Iraq (978-1-5922-8732-1).

Review:

Mike Tucker has more street cred with American warriors in Iraq than any other writer. --Salt Lake Tribune

About this edition

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0811703185
• ISBN 13: 9780811703185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256