In February 2007, US Army General David Petraeus took command of the multinational coalition forces in Iraq deployed to support the controversial strategy known as the surge. This book views the unfolding of the surge and its impact on the violence that was devastating Iraq.
An account of the GI offensive in Europe. From the mobilization of an ill-trained and poorly-equipped army in 1940 to the juggernaut of 69 infantry divisions in 1945, Peter R. Mansoor provides an analysis of the long and bloody road to victory over the German army.