![]() Lowry shows what’s great about the US skilled and powerful but also humanitarian and ultimately peace-seeking. “In New Dawn, Richard Lowry presents not just a brilliant account of the battle for Fallujah, but also a useful overview of the history, economics, and culture of the region. 'New Dawn' is about their courage, their sacrifice, and their commitment to freedom. The struggle against a determined enemy at the crossroads of civilization is the story of American kids who grew up down the block from you only to fly halfway around the world to fight in the largest battle of the war. The result is a gripping, page-turning narrative of individual sacrifice and valor that also documents the battles for future military historians. In addition to archival research, New Dawn is based upon the personal recollections of nearly 200 soldiers and Marines who participated in the battles for Fallujah, from the commanding generals who planned the operations to the privates who kicked in the doors. Lowry (Marines in the Garden of Eden) spent years researching and writing his new campaign history. By the time the fighting ended, more than 1,400 insurgents were dead, compared to ninety-five Americans (and another 1,000 wounded). Death and redemption were found everywhere, from narrow streets to courtyards, kitchens, bedrooms, and rooftops. It was the largest fight of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the heaviest urban combat since the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam in 1968. Richard Lowry’s 'New The Battles for Fallujah' is the first comprehensive history of this fighting.Īlso known as the Second Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury was a protracted house-to-house and street-to-street combat that began on November 7 and continued unabated for seven bloody and exhausting weeks. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. ![]() Marines intent on punishing the city’s insurgents. The first was Operation Vigilant Resolve, an aborted effort that April by U.S. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. Few names conjure up as many images of blood, sacrifice, and valor as does this ancient city in Al Anbar province forty miles west of Baghdad. ![]() GOLD MEDAL FOR NON-FICTION, HISTORY, 2010, MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICAįallujah. ![]()
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