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Mike Tucker (Author)
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May 1, 2005
Eight months after George W. Bush proclaimed major combat in Iraq over in 2003, author Mike Tucker found himself right in the thick of it--dirty, profane, violent, lethal, and daily major combat--with some of America’s most highly trained and accomplished soldiers.

Among Warriors in Iraq is a street-level view of the struggles of maintaining control in the anarchy that pervaded Iraq after Coalition forces declared victory. Tucker journeyed--and fought--with Special Forces groups in both Mosul and Fallujah, cities unconvinced the war was over, and willing to do anything to ensure that the struggle would continue.

Here is his frank and adrenaline-soaked account, seen through the resilient eyes of the soldiers willing to pay the ultimate price for victory.

A street-level view of the hell of combat in Mosul and Fallujah
Eight months after George W. Bush proclaimed major combat in Iraq over in 2003, author Mike Tucker found himself right in the thick of it - dirty, profane, violent, lethal, and daily major combat - with some of America's most highly trained and accomplished soldiers.
Among Warriors in Iraq is a street-level view of the struggles of maintaining control in the anarchy that pervaded Iraq after Coalition forces declared victory. Tucker journeyed with Special Forces groups in both Mosul and Fallujah, cities un-convinced the war was over and willing to do anything to ensure that the struggle would continue.
Here is his frank and uncensored account, seen through the resilient eyes of the soldiers willing to pay the ultimate price for victory.

Mike Tucker is a Marine infantry veteran with a Special Operations background, and an author. He broke Burmese Army lines in 2002 with Karen guerrillas, and has investigated war crimes in Burma and northern Iraq. In 2003, he journeyed throughout Iraqi Kurdistan, interviewing Kurds from all walks of life. Later, he joined U.S. Army snipers, scouts, light infantry, paratroopers, and Special Forces commandos for nineteen weeks on raids and patrols in northern and western Iraq. He remained in Iraq for fourteen months.

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Join Big Hungry, Kentucky Rife, Serpico and Jedi Knight for a harrowing journey into the heart of the Iraqi insurgency. A former Marine infantryman, Tucker follows the warriors of the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul and the 82nd Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions in Fallujah during 19 weeks of urban warfare in late 2003 and early 2004. In declaratives one might describe as debased Hemingway on speed, Tucker tags along for counter-IED (improvised explosive devices) patrols and zero-dark-30 (predawn) raids, capturing the adrenaline-laced urgency of urban combat against a hidden enemy. His conversations with troopers are refreshingly authentic; his analysis of the politics of Iraq tends toward open advocacy for the Kurds and a separate state of Kurdistan. (Tucker is the author of Hell Is Over: Voices of the Kurds After Saddam.) But his gritty firsthand account is packed with detail: from the slow ballet of "scoping roof tops and alley corners," the excruciating tension of disarming IEDs and the frenetic choreography of urban combat to the children who are never far away and are always quick with a smile, a wave and an enthusiastic "Amerikee!" Several impressive accounts of the second Iraq War have appeared already from embedded journalists, but few are as personal and edgy as Tucker's. (May)
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Hard-boiled and absorbing, this narrative by a former marine who is now a correspondent in Iraq presents a perspective not often heard in the general media. Tucker focuses on the aftermath of the war proper, during which continued Iraqi resistance faced U.S. raids, especially in Mosul and Fallujah. Mosul was seriously disputed between the Iraqi resistance and the Kurds, whom Tucker feels were and are being betrayed. During the period covered, Fallujah was in the hands of a Ba'athist oligarchy that was subsidizing fedayeen terrorism. Tucker went on many complex and dangerous operations with the troops, operations that generated a good many nicknames, such as "Spartan" for one officer, and he recounts how others were earned (e.g., "Chemical Evil Fat Mama" was a Ba'athist woman sought for her involvement in gassing the Kurds). Tucker is an avowed admirer of Hemingway, and his style and attitudes frequently echo those of Papa. Fortunately, he also has Hemingway's eye for description, particularly of warriors. Roland Green
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 264 pages
  • Publisher: Lyons Press (May 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592287328
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592287321
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,281,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Mike Tucker, the only author under fire with DEVGRU US NAVY SEALS (SEAL TEAM 6)after September 11th, journeyed to the mountains of the Karen, Black Lahu and Hmong hill tribes in northern Thailand in the winter of 1992-93 to research SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING, his second novel and most recent book. A Visiting Lecturer at the Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Mike Tucker has been hailed for his work as an independent counterterrorism specialist by American and British special operations; he journeyed to Kurdistan and Western Iraq for his first two books on the Iraq War, HELL IS OVER and AMONG WARRIORS IN IRAQ and returned to Western Iraq with Marine scout/snipers for a full seven month combat tour, to write the only book in American history on an entire Marine scout/sniper platoon in combat: RONIN. His third novel, 1931, a riveting Great Depression saga born of a legend he heard in his youth in Annapolis, Maryland, will be released in fall 2012. He lives in the Near East, northern Thailand and the Straits of Malacca.

 

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars STUNNING! To be read and treasured. Invaluable. 5,000 Stars, August 5, 2005
This review is from: Among Warriors in Iraq: True Grit, Special Ops, and Raiding in Mosul and Fallujah (Paperback)
Stunning. A book to be read, and treasure. Invaluable
insight into the Iraq War, which is a guerrilla war:
who better than a trained, experienced counter-terrorism
specialist, warrior (Mr. Tucker is a Marine infantry veteran,
special operations) and accomplished author to write
a engaging, compelling, and thoroughly well-written
combat narrative on actions in northern and western Iraq.
Alone of the authors who've written books on the war,
Tucker covers all 18th Airborne Corps units: 101st Airborne,
82nd Airborne, and 10th Mountain, along with 1st Infantry Division and US Army Special Forces.
He lets the warriors have their say: yes, you won't find
these actions or the voices of the warriors, within, in the
"major media," but that, of course, only increases the value
of this work to history. This is a book that both gives us an
incisive and compelling history of a little-covered time of the
war, and is all the more needful for its telling. Magnificent book:
lyrical, hard-headed, solid, and gripping narrative. Could not put it down, and am now re-reading it. Great book. 5,000 stars.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars TREMENDOUS! Tucker, Like Hemingway . . . Yes! Five Stars, August 4, 2005
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Tremendous book. Yes, it is definitely the best book
on the Iraq War. Tucker's counter-terrorism experience,
and the fact that he's a former Marine in special ops
and infantry, makes it fantastic reading. Very tight,
very solid, and quite lyrical. Outstanding. Five Stars.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars MOST EXCELLENT. GREAT READ! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED., July 25, 2005
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AMONG WARRIORS IN IRAQ is most excellent. This is, very simply, a great read, first. Gripping, raw, full of energy, enthralling detail, and superb rhythm. Nothing in the media has given me this deep, personal and engaging understanding of our warriors in Iraq. Tucker's experience in counter-terrorism and guerrilla warfare, and his service in Marine infantry (special operations) gives him insight into combat that few other writers of our generation provide. Outstanding book. I read it cover to cover in one good night and it was a real kick making the coffee. This is Mike Tucker's third book from a war zone and his best combat narrative, hands-down. Nothing wrong with THE LONG PATROL, but he really shows his narrative chops here and nails down some classic truths on war. The first sentence of this book really hooked me, right in the prologue. Buy it, read it, and re-read it. As other readers have chimed in, and I am in full agreement: AMONG WARRIORS IN IRAQ is a classic. And yes, the best book on the Iraq War.
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First Sentence:
"JONAH MISSES THE SEA, WE GOT RAIN," Specialist Joe Thoman said softly, as he gripped a .50-caliber Browning machine gun in chill black zero five AM. in Mosul, northern Iraq. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
assault ruck, ranting sheikh, zero dark cold, battalion ops center, clip jacked, hasty raid, tac lights, desert reconnaissance, targeting meeting, sidearm holstered, rooftops west, weapons market, alley corners, light machine gunner, light infantrymen, ground intelligence, gun trucks, black dawn, fighting knives, meters west, mortar pits
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Hero of the Kurds, Zen Master, Kentucky Rifle, Big Red One, Sheikh Gazi, Special Forces, Havana Tiger, Iraqi Army, Legendary Medic, Eureka Kid, Desert Yetis, Iraqi Arab, Wild Bunch, Big Hungry, Lieutenant Chesty, Old School Warrior King, Tigris River, Charlie Team, New York, Jedi Knight, Nabi Younis, Old School Warriors, Strike Brigade, Alpha Company, Arab Mosul
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