{"product_id":"9781616732769","title":"McCoy's Marines: Darkside to Baghdad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e reporter and marine veteran Koopman was embedded in the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, during the most recent war in Iraq.  He enjoyed a close working relationship with the CO, the battalion  sergeant major, and several other members of the battalion. This didn't  destroy his ability to distance himself from aspects of the military  that he never liked, or from political judgments on the war. The  combination of embedding and prior service did give him a rare  perspective on the gritty (literally, when a sandstorm blew up) details  of ground combat in Iraq  and how the modern American marine relates to his buddies, his enemies,  and his family back home. The conclusion of the book offers equally  rare material on the nation-building efforts that continue, with  sympathy for both the U.S. military and most shades of Iraqi  opinion.—ALA \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zenith Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148320227568,"sku":"9781616732769","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616732769_p0.jpg?v=1763850139","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616732769","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}