{"product_id":"the-marines-take-anbar-the-four-year-fight-against-al-qaeda-leatherneck-classics-9781612511405","title":"The Marines Take Anbar: The Four Year Fight Against al Qaeda (Leatherneck Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Marine Corps four-year campaign against al Qaeda in Anbar is a fight certain to take its place next to such legendary clashes as Belleau Wood  Guadalcanal  Peleliu  Iwo Jima  Okinawa  Chosin  and Khe Sanh. Its success  the author contends  constituted a major turning point in the Iraq War and helped alter the course of events and set the stage for the Surge in Baghdad a year later. This book brings to light all the decisive details of how the Marines  between 2004 and 2008  adapted and improvised as they applied the hard lessons of past mistakes. In March 2004  when part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) was deployed to Anbar Province in the heart of the Sunni triangle  the Marines quickly found themselves locked in a bloody test of wills with al Qaeda  and a burgeoning violent insurgency. By the spring of 2006  according to all accounts  enemy violence was skyrocketing  while predictions for any U.S. success were plummeting. But at that same time new counterinsurgency initiatives were put in place when I MEF returned for its second tour in Anbar  and the Marines began to gain control. By September 2008 the fight was over. Richard Shultz  a well-known author and international security studies expert  has thoroughly researched this subject. His book effectively argues the case for the Marines changing the course of the war at Anbar  which is contrary to the conventional wisdom that the Surge was the turning point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666075705397,"sku":"ByrdShop_1612511406","price":105.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781612511405.jpg?v=1782418222","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-marines-take-anbar-the-four-year-fight-against-al-qaeda-leatherneck-classics-9781612511405","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}