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Black Hearts : One platoon's descent into madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death - Jim Frederick

Black Hearts

One platoon's descent into madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

By: Jim Frederick

Paperback | 15 July 2011

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Iraq, 2005. A platoon of young soldiers from a U.S. regiment known as the 'Black Heart Brigade' is deployed to a lawless and hyperviolent area south of Baghdad. As the unstopping violence destroys their morale, the soldiers descend into brutality, substance abuse and madness -- with horrific results.

Black Hearts is a timeless story of how warfare can reduce men to animals. Told with insight and compassion, but with the magnetic pace of a thriller, it is one of the defining books about the Iraq War.
Industry Reviews
'Riveting. . . A narrative that combines elements of In Cold Blood and Black Hawk Down with a touch of Apocalypse Now as it builds toward its terrible climax....Frederick's extraordinary book is a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters. . . . Extraordinary.' New York Times Book Review

'Meticulous. . . . Demands to be read.' Washington Post

'Frederick, taking the story through to the surprising effect of the beheadings, the conclusion of the war crime trials and the impact that they had on the Iraqi relatives of the slain and the members of Bravo Company, tells the complex story in raw, compassionate and exact detail. Black Hearts should be taught at West Point, Annapolis, and wherever else the styles and consequences of combat leadership are studied.' Huffington Post

'The best book by far about the Iraq war.' Guardian

'There have been many books about the Iraq war, but this is an unusally gripping one ...A shocking story, vividly told.' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

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