Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq

The Second Battle for Fallujah, dubbed Operation Phantom Fury, took place over an almost two-month period, from November 7 to December 23, 2004.  The Marine Corps’ biggest battle in Iraq to date, it was so prolonged and fierce that it has entered the pantheon of USMC battles alongside Iwo Jima, Inchon, and Hue City.  This book offers an in-depth, intimate look into Operation Phantom Fury, the single most significant battle undertaken during the occupation of Iraq.  The author, a retired Marine Corps colonel with combat service in Vietnam, conducted personal interviews with combatants, from the division commander in charge of the operation down to Marine infantrymen who did the fighting.  The result--illustrated with a hundred action photographs--is a rare firsthand account of the brutal reality of the war in Iraq, how this battle for a key city was fought, and how such a crucial battle looks from positions of command and from the thick of the fight.

• The Second Battle of Fallujah: The History of the Biggest Battle of the Iraq War
• We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah
• Fallujah, with Honor; First Battalion, Eighth Marine's Role in Operation Phantom Fury; Expanded 2nd Edition
• No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
• New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah
• No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
• Battle for the City of the Dead: In the Shadow of the Golden Dome, Najaf, August 2004
• The Deadly Brotherhood: The American Combat Soldier in World War II
• The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines
• Marines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle for An Nasiriyah