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<p> Many of the events in the book...will captivate readers. --Army Times<p> Ramadi was the place where the Iraq war made its real turn toward success. A group of smart, courageous Americans--mostly Army and Marine officers on the ground, not in Washington--worked with Iraqi tribal leaders to make it happen. It is one helluva story that has been told brilliantly by Jim Michaels. --Jim Lehrer, author and anchor of PBS Newshour<p> Anbar province was the place where the Iraq war began to turn around, and in this book Jim Michaels captures that time and place. He also brings to this story a fine feel for how the U.S. military thinks and operates. <br>--Thomas E. Ricks, bestselling author of Fiasco and The Gamble , and of ForeignPolicy.com's The Best Defense blog

Many of the events in the book...will captivate readers. --Army Times Ramadi was the place where the Iraq war made its real turn toward success. A group of smart, courageous Americans--mostly Army and Marine officers on the ground, not in Washington--worked with Iraqi tribal leaders to make it happen. It is one helluva story that has been told brilliantly by Jim Michaels. --Jim Lehrer, author and anchor of PBS Newshour Anbar province was the place where the Iraq war began to turn around, and in this book Jim Michaels captures that time and place. He also brings to this story a fine feel for how the U.S. military thinks and operates. --Thomas E. Ricks, bestselling author of Fiasco and The Gamble , and of ForeignPolicy.com's The Best Defense blog

Anbar province was the place where the Iraq war began to turn around, and in this book Jim Michaels captures that time and place. He also brings to this story a fine feel for how the U.S. military thinks and operates.--Thomas E. Ricks, bestselling author of Fiasco and The Gamble, and of ForeignPolicy.com s The Best Defense blog

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JIM MICHAELS is a military writer for USA Today and an experienced war correspondent, who has made dozens of reporting trips to Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones. A former U.S. Marine infantry officer, he lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

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