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The Highway War is the compelling Iraq War
memoir of then-Capt. Seth Folsom, commanding officer of Delta
Company, First Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, U.S. Marine
Corps. Mounted in eight-wheeled LAVs (light armored vehicles), this
unit of 130 Marines and sailors was one of the first into Iraq in
March 2003. It fought on the front lines for the wars entire
offensive phase, from the Kuwaiti border through Baghdad to Tikrit.
Folsoms thoughtful account focuses on his maturation as a combat
leaderand as a human being enduring the austere conditions of
combat and coming to terms with loss of life on both sides.
Moreover, The Highway War is the story of a junior officers
relationships with his companys young Marines, for whose lives he
was responsible, and with his superior officers. Folsom covers
numerous unusual military actions and conveys truthfully the pace,
stress, excitement, mistakes, and confusion of modern ground
warfare. The Highway War is destined to be a Marine Corps classic.
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| ISBN-10: 1574889885 ISBN-13: 9781574889888 |
Paperback - May 2006 |
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