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    Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq
    Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq
    Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq
    Audiobook (abridged)7 hours

    Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq

    Written by Nathan Sassaman and Joe Layden

    Narrated by Eric Conger

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    About this audiobook

    The startling and controversial memoir of combat and betrayal, written by one of the most prominent members of the U.S. fighting forces in Iraq.

    A West Point graduate, a former star quarterback who carried Army to its first bowl victory, and a courageous warrior who had proven himself on the battlefield time and again, Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman was one of the most celebrated officers in the United States military. Commanding over 800 soldiers in the heart of the insurgency-ravaged Sunni Triangle in Iraq, his unit's job was to seek out and eliminate terrorists and loyalists to Saddam Hussein, while simultaneously rebuilding the region's infrastructure and introducing democratic processes to a broken people. Sassaman's tactics were highly aggressive, his methods innovative, and his success in Iraq nearly unparalleled.

    Yet Sassaman will always be known for a fateful decision to cover up the alleged drowning of an Iraqi by his men, in which they forced two detainees to jump into the Tigris River. Sassaman's decision led to the downfall of his impressive career and sent shockwaves through the American military. Warrior King is the explosive memoir of one of the most deeply involved members of the U.S. military in Iraq.

    This is the first audiobook to take readers from the overnight brutality of combat to the daunting daytime humanitarian tasks of rebuilding Iraq to the upper echelons of the Pentagon to show how and why the war has gone horribly wrong.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 10, 2008
    ISBN9781427204578
    Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq
    Author

    Nathan Sassaman

    NATHAN SASSAMAN graduated from West Point in 1985. In August 2003, when his patrol came under attack, Sassaman braved machine-gun and R.P.G. fire to drag one of his wounded soldiers from his vehicle and chased down the insurgents, killing or capturing all of them, earning himself a Bronze Star for valor in Iraq. He commanded the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment in Iraq from ’03 to ’04. He lives in Colorado.

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