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Thunder Run : The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
Thunder Run The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
Author: David Zucchino, Mark Bowden
Based on reporting that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Thunder Run chronicles one of the boldest gambles in modern military history. Three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of 5 million people and in three days of bloody combat ended the Iraq...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802141798
ISBN-10: 080214179X
Publication Date: 11/29/2004
Pages: 368
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3.5 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 1
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Not as good as Blackhawk down, but still a good modern war book.
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Amazing. The chutzpah of the American commanders on their strike into Baghdad wasn't too surprising, but the decision to stay; and then the fight to stay, were enough to scare this retired infantry officer to death. It was a near thing and couldn't have been done by any other military in the world. This book is a keeper.


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