Black Knights, Dark Days: The True Story of Sadr City's Black

Black Knights, Dark Days: The True Story of Sadr City's Black Sunday

An Iraq War veteranâ€™s firsthand account of surviving a deadly insurgent ambush against the 1st Cavalry Divisionâ€”and battling through the aftermath. It was known as Black Sundayâ€”April 4, 2004, when units of Americaâ€™s 1st Cavalry Division saw their routine deployment turn into a harrowing and costly fight. Enraged, motivated, and well-armed insurgents crammed the alleys, streets, and buildings of Sadr City. In that fight, a surging mob of militants ambushed one small unit of the Black Knight battalion. The heroic rescue attempt proved fatal for many of the determined soldiers who braved the gauntlet. Cav veteran Matt Fiskâ€”who fought through Black Sunday and survivedâ€”gives a gut-level, over-the-rifle-sights view of a short, violent period when one of the safest places in the war zone suddenly turned into a cauldron of death and destruction, leaving eight US troops dead and dozens woundedâ€”only the beginning of a lengthy siege aimed at defeating the Mahdi Army. Fiskâ€™s rugged deployment with colorful and courageous fellow soldiers would result in some serious problems when he returned home, testing his coping skills. He turned to the VA for helpâ€”and wound up with the same frustration that plagues so many of todayâ€™s returning combat veterans. Itâ€™s all here in Black Knights, Dark Daysâ€”and itâ€™s all brutally honest. â€œA gripping, astonishing insiderâ€™s account of the April 4, 2004, ambush of a First Cavalry Platoon in Sadr City that changed the course of the Iraq War. With great candor and skill, Matt Fisk interweaves the chaos and adrenaline of modern combat with the continuing battles with PTSD at home. An intense, vivid, deeply personal portrait of men at war that is up there with the very best books of the genre.â€ â€”Mikko Alanne, screenwriter and producer, The Long Road Home, The 33
Country USA
Brand Warriors Publishing Group
Manufacturer Warriors Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
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EANs 9781944353124
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Country	USA
Brand	Warriors Publishing Group
Manufacturer	Warriors Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781944353124
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Black Knights, Dark Days: The True Story of Sadr City's Black Sunday

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