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Folsom, Seth W. B., 1972-

In the gray area a Marine advisor team in Iraq / [electronic resource] : Seth W. B. Folsom. - Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2010. - xviii, 196 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps.

Includes index.

Prologue : nightmare -- Advisor duty -- Contractors -- Training -- Gear -- Transit -- Cop south -- Arrival -- Humvees -- Introductions -- IAs -- Growing pains -- Storms -- Outside the wire -- Matters of importance -- Backing the wrong horse -- Al Gabaa -- Mistakes and mistrust -- Eye-opening reality -- Jibab Peninsula -- Personalities and paradigms -- Terps and tensions -- Uglat il Bushab -- Fear and paranoia -- Gifts and free lunches -- Abandonment issues -- Running out of patience -- Holding down the spring -- Critters -- A change of plans -- Leaving -- Dogs -- A way forward.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Folsom, Seth W. B., 1972-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Marine Corps --Officers--Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
Military assistance, American--Iraq.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iraq--Armed Forces--Training of.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS79.766.F65 / A3 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 956.7044/34