Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
The Ragged Edge
- A US Marine’s Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
The Ragged Edge
Buy Now for £21.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
At a time when the United States debates how deeply to involve itself in Iraq and Syria, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Zacchea, USMC (Ret.), holds a unique vantage point on our still-ongoing war.
Deployed to Iraq in March 2004, his team's mission was to build, train, and lead in combat the first Iraqi army battalion trained by the US military. Zacchea tells a deeply personal and powerful story while shedding light on the dangerous pitfalls of training foreign troops to fight murderous insurgents.
The Ragged Edge is the first American military memoir out of Iraq or Syria that features complex Arab and Kurdish characters and that intimately explores their culture and politics in a dispassionate way. Zacchea's invaluable lessons about Americans working with Arabs and Kurds to fight insurgency and terrorism come precisely when such wartime collaboration is happening more than at any time in US history.
Listeners also enjoyed...
What listeners say about The Ragged Edge
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- joshua toulson
- 15-02-24
A gripping story of the true Iraq struggle
An incredible story of the struggles faced trying to synthesise western coalition objectives and realities of the socio-political environment in Iraq. The review feels objective unlike other similar books and I can’t reccomended it enough!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jan
- 25-07-24
Must read
Honest, intense and raw - if you want to read just one book on Iraq war this could be it
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 14-05-24
An honest account.
Well written and thoroughly relatable. A hugely enjoyable read/listen which accurately captures and describes the nuances of working with a partner nation.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Peter Page
- 02-09-23
Refreshingly Honest
A pleasent change to hear an honest recoubt of a turbulent year. Well worth a listen and hopefully the author can take some solice in the fact that he is one of the few who has a moral compass....that works
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!