House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

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THE CLASSIC SOLDIERS MEMOIR FROM MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT STAFF SERGEANT DAVID BELLAVIA A rare and gripping account of frontline combat.LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster author of Dereliction of Duty They used to say that the real war will never get in the books. Here it does stunningly. Thomas E. Ricks author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq and Making the Corps To read this book is to know intimately the daily grind and danger of men at war.Anthony Swofford New York Times bestselling author of Jarhead One of the great heroes of the Iraq War Staff Sergeant David Bellavia captures the brutal action and raw intensity of leading his Third Platoon Alpha Company into a lethally choreographed kill zone: the booby-trapped explosive-laden houses of Fallujahs militant insurgents. Bringing to searing life the terrifying intimacy of hand-to-hand infantry combat this stunning war memoir features an indelibly drawn cast of characters not all of whom would make it out alive as well as the chilling account of the singular courage that earned Bellavia the Medal of Honor: Entering one house alone he used every weapon at his disposal in the fight of his life against Americas most implacable enemy. Bellavia has written an unforgettable story of triumph tragedy and the resilience of the human spirit.