Baghdad at Sunrise — A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq

Hardcover, 376 ppCopyright © 2008 by Peter R. MansoorBy Peter R. Mansoor, Foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan Proceeds from this book sale go towards the AUSA Scholarship FundThis compelling book presents an unparalleled record of what happened after U.S. forces seized Baghdad in the spring of 2003. Army Colonel Peter R. Mansoor, the on-the-ground commander of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division—the “Ready First Combat Team”—describes his brigade’s first year in Iraq, from the sweltering, chaotic summer after the Ba’athists’ defeat to the transfer of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government a year later. Uniquely positioned to observe, record, and assess the events of that fateful year, Mansoor now explains what went right and wrong as the U.S. military confronted an insurgency of unexpected strength and tenacity. Drawing not only on his own daily combat journal but also on observations by embedded reporters, news reports, combat logs, archived e-mails, and many other sour