Black Knights: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
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The riveting tale of a young British journalist embedded in a U.S. tank corps as they spearheaded the push into Baghdad in the spring of 2003.
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Black Knights is a vivid eyewitness account of what frontline combat meant in the first major war of the 21st century. Written by a young journalist—the only British newspaper reporter to be embedded with the U.S. military during the operation in Iraq—this book unflinchingly records the modern face of battle. The tank and infantry company known as the “Black Knights” was the first unit in the U.S. Third Infantry Division to engage in combat when, 12 hours after crossing the Kuwait border, it helped seize Tallil Airfield. A month later, it headed a column that fought its way through Republican Guard units on the outskirts of Baghdad and led the advance from the west into the center of the capital. By the time the first statues of Saddam were toppled in Baghdad, the soldiers had been through a terrifying baptism of fire. Oliver Poole has written a remarkably candid narrative of that time—testimony as much to his own courage and skill as to the bravery and professionalism of the combatants.
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Black Knights: Embedded on the Front Line in the Battle for Baghdad,Oliver Poole,HarperCollins Publishers Limited,0007174381,Asia - General,General,History,History - Military / War,Military,Military - General,Military - Other,21st century,Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -,History / Military / United States,IRAQ WAR, 2003_PERSONAL NARRATIVES,Iraq,Press & journalism,True war stories,UNITED STATES_ARMY_INFANTRY,Warfare & Defence
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