| A Soldier's Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq Contributor(s): Doyle, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0451236858 ISBN-13: 9780451236852 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Iraq War (2003-2011) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For six months in 2006, a charismatic young U.S. Army captain and Arab linguist named Travis Patriquin unleashed a diplomatic and cultural charm offensive upon the Sunni Arab sheiks of Anbar province, the heart of darkness of the Iraqi insurgency. He galvanized American support for the "Sunni Awakening," the tribal revolt against Al Qaeda that spread through the province and eventually across Iraq, a turning point that led to dramatically lower levels of violence in the country. The Awakening may not have succeeded without Patriquin, who was so beloved by Iraqis that they adopted him into their tribes and loved him as a brother. This is the true story of a man who loved Iraq, and a soldier who helped engineer the turning point of the Iraq War. It is the story of America's T.E. Lawrence--Travis Patriquin. |