Thunder Run
The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · December 9, 2004
In one of the boldest gambles in modern military history, just three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of 5 million people and, in three bloddy days of combat ended the Iraqi war.
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- Who it’s for
- A tight, high-velocity account with enough context to keep the machinery legible.
- Genres
- Iraq War (2003-2011), U.S. Military History, Iraq History
- Published
- Grove/Atlantic, December 9, 2004
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In one of the boldest gambles in modern military history, just three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of 5 million people and, in three bloddy days of combat ended the Iraqi war.
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Thunder Run is the story of the surprise assault on Baghdad-one of the most decisive battle in American combat history-by the Spartan Brigade, the Second Brigade of the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized). More than just a rendering of a single battle, Thunder Run is a candid account of how soldiers respond under fire and stress and how human frailties are magnified in a war zone.
Into the Strike
A tight, high-velocity account with enough context to keep the machinery legible.
Come here for
- armored-strike immediacy
- clear-eyed war history
Expect
- military action rendered cleanly
- history with professional-grade clarity
Where it sits
| Iraq War (2003-2011) | 100% |
|---|---|
| Iraq History | 65% |
| U.S. Military History | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Other Military Conflicts
- U.S. History
- Authors
- David Zucchino, Mark Bowden
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic
- Published
- December 9, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Other Military Conflicts