HARDCOVER EDITION

For twenty months after Operation Iraqi Freedom, Fallujah festered with rebellion against American interests as well as the Iraqi Interim Government. Fallujah became a magnet for foreign fighters and a base of operations for terrorists in Iraq. The rogue city was out of control and American forces would have to fight in an urban environment to regain control.

This is the story of the First Battalion Eighth Marines' attack into Fallujah as part of Operation Phantom Fury. Lieutenant Colonel Gary Brandl's Marines attacked the "belly of the beast" as part of the six battalion attack on the insurgency in Fallujah in November 2004. This is a compilation of over 67 accounts from 1/8 Marines shared through personal interviews with author Gary Livingston.