Table of Contents
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 I Respectfully Disagree 4
Chapter 2 Mental Toughness 15
Chapter 3 Hate 21
Chapter 4 Free Burma Rangers 36
Chapter 5 Into Iraq 48
Chapter 6 April Fool's Day 59
Chapter 7 The Assault on Gharbaluh 71
Chapter 8 The Calm before the Storm 87
Chapter 9 The First Nazaheen 105
Chapter 10 Pinned Down 116
Chapter 11 The Girl in the Yellow Dress 128
Chapter 12 To the Death 139
Chapter 13 Caught in the Crossfire 155
Chapter 14 Rain, Bullets, Tears, and a Tank 168
Chapter 15 From the Ashes 183
Chapter 16 The Breaking Point 197
Chapter 17 Screams in the Desert 203
Chapter 18 Welcome Back to Mosul 218
Chapter 19 Family Life 231
Chapter 20 Into the Darkness 240
Chapter 21 The Rescue (Part One) 255
Chapter 22 The Rescue (Part Two) 264
Chapter 23 Peshmerga 275
Epilogue 280
Aftermath 287
About the Authors 291