Book description
Winner of the 2019 Gold Medal Award, Best Military History Memoir, Military Writers Society of America
Ranked in the "Top 10 Military Books of 2018" by Military Times.
"In war, destruction is everywhere. It eats everything around you. Sometimes it eats at you." —Major Scott Huesing, Echo Company Commander
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1 author picked Echo in Ramadi as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Major Scott Huesing is a Marine after my own heart. He was once a Lance Corporal and understands the Corps from top to bottom. He was the combat leader for Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines during their bloody battles in the deadliest city of the Iraq War. Reading this book taught an old Marine what the new Corps is like.
From Johnnie's list on war and the Marines.
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