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One platoons descent into madness in iraqs triangle of death. One platoons descent into madness in iraqs triangle of death audiobook by jim frederick. A genocidal sunnishiite civil war was also in progress, and weapons smugglers slicked through the region. A platoon of young soldiers from a us regiment known as the black heart brigade is deployed in a veritable meat grinder of counterinsurgency just south of baghdad.
One platoons descent into madness in iraqs triangle of death ebook written by jim frederick. One platoons descent into madness in iraqs triangle of death presented by jim frederick hosted by. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Drawing on hundreds of hours of indepth interviews with black heart soldiers and firsthand reporting from the triangle of death, black hearts is a timeless story about men in combat and the fragility of character in the savage crucible of warfare. Jim fredericks black hearts, about a 101st airborne. The book black hearts by jim frederick is an indepth narrative about the 1st platoon, bravo company 1502nd infantry 101st airborne division deployed to iraq in 2005. A brief synopsis of the book is reprinted below from amazon. One platoons descent into madness in iraqs triangle of death by jim frederick 2,499 ratings, 4. The book more specifically honed in on bravo company and their first platoons decent into complete madness throughout the deployment. The 101st airbornes 2nd brigade is the designated descendant of the. Aug 16, 2011 101st airborne division during operation dragon strike in afghanistan.
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