House to House: A Tale of Modern War - Couverture rigide

Bellavia, David; Bruning, John R.

 
9781847370891: House to House: A Tale of Modern War
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ISBN 10 : 1847370896 ISBN 13 : 9781847370891
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

On 8 November 2004, the largest battle of the War on Terror began, with the US Army's assault on Fallujah and its network of tens of thousands of insurgents hiding in fortified bunkers, on rooftops, and inside booby-trapped houses. For Sgt. David Bellavia of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, it quickly turned into a battle on foot, from street to street and house to house. On the second day, he and his men laid siege to a mosque, only to be driven to a rooftop and surrounded, before heavy artillery could smash through to rescue them. By the third day, Bellavia charges an insurgent-filled house and finds himself trapped with six enemy fighters. One by one, he shoots, wrestles, stabs, and kills five of them, until his men arrive to take care of the final target. It is one of the most hair-raising battle stories of any age -- yet it does not spell the end of Bellavia's service. It would take serveral more weeks before the Battle of Fallujah finally came to a close, with Bellavia, miraculously, alive. In the words of the author: "HOUSE TO HOUSE holds nothing back. It is a raw, gritty look at killing and combat and how men react to it. It is gut-wrenching, shocking and brutal. It is honest.It is not a glorification of war. Yet it will not shy from acknowledging this: sometimes it takes something as terrible as war for the full beauty of the human spirit to emerge."

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Revue de presse

'Some of the most ferocious hand-to-hand combat I have ever read. Like Mark Bowden's classic account of fighting in Mogadishu, Black Hawk Down, Bellavia's talent as a writer is to communicate the gut-wrenching reality of close combat, but also, at times, the black comedy of a desperate situation'
Financial Times 2/9
'The best fighting book to come out of the Iraq war so far, and one of the best accounts of close quarters fighting of our time... disturbingly good' The First Post website, September
'Charting the American fight for Fallujah in November 2004, Bellavia takes the reader into the heart of that terrible battle. The place is frenetic, the action shocking. Yet, whatever one may think of Bellavia's views and actions, it is impossible not to empathise with him and his close-knit comrades in Alpha Company. The personal deprivations are appalling, the fighting terrifying, the deaths of men one comes to know and like, heart-rending. And yet somehow they battle on, clinging to each other and their training to get themselves through. Their bravery is astonishing and if there is a better book conveying what it is like to take part ina brutal, violent, urban battle, I've yet to read it. House to House is a stunning book that lingers uncomfortably in the mind long after it has been put down' James Holland, Sunday Telegraph 21/10
'Quite possibly the most exciting book you'll ever read. Seriously'
Daily Telegraph 27/10
‘House to House is a rewarding take of battle and what it means to those that wage it’ Sunday Business Post 14/10
'Some of the most ferocious hand-to-hand combat I have ever read. Bellavia has indeed become a combat hero and I look forward to seeing the movie that will undoubtedly be made of this book. If you liked Black Hawk Down, you will love this'
Military Illustrated, Dec '07 issue
‘Bellavia recalls his infantry unit’s tactics minute by minute. Fighting house to house, his men are wounded, sleep deprived and filthy. @we are America’s warrior class,’ he explains. ‘We stand a breed apart from other men.’ Their machismo is no less terrifying for being sincere. The shock is realising it’s necessary in such a hostile environment. The result is unpleasantly gripping’
Telegraph 31/5

Présentation de l'éditeur

On 8 November 2004, the largest battle of the War on Terror began, with the US Army's assault on Fallujah and its network of tens of thousands of insurgents hiding in fortified bunkers, on rooftops, and inside booby-trapped houses. For Sgt. David Bellavia of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, it quickly turned into a battle on foot, from street to street and house to house. On the second day, he and his men laid siege to a mosque, only to be driven to a rooftop and surrounded, before heavy artillery could smash through to rescue them. By the third day, Bellavia charges an insurgent-filled house and finds himself trapped with six enemy fighters. One by one, he shoots, wrestles, stabs, and kills five of them, until his men arrive to take care of the final target. It is one of the most hair-raising battle stories of any age -- yet it does not spell the end of Bellavia's service. It would take serveral more weeks before the Battle of Fallujah finally came to a close, with Bellavia, miraculously, alive.
In the words of the author: "HOUSE TO HOUSE holds nothing back. It is a raw, gritty look at killing and combat and how men react to it. It is gut-wrenching, shocking and brutal. It is honest. It is not a glorification of war. Yet it will not shy from acknowledging this: sometimes it takes something as terrible as war for the full beauty of the human spirit to emerge."

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1847370896
ISBN 13 
9781847370891
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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