| Titre : | Black hearts : one platoon's descent into madness in Iraq's triangle of death |
| Auteurs : | Jim Frederick |
| Type de document : | Books |
| Editeur : | New York : Broadway Books, 2010 |
| Article en page(s) : | XXIII, 439 p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-307-45076-0 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 956.704 43 |
| Tags : | United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st. ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Psychological aspects ; Soldiers--Iraq--Psychology ; Iraq War, 2003-2011--Atrocities--Iraq--Maḥmūdīyah |
| Résumé : | This is an unflinching account of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment--a unit known as "the Black Heart Brigade." Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death, the Black Hearts found themselves in the country's most dangerous location at its most dangerous time. Hit by near-daily attacks, suffering a particularly heavy death toll, and enduring a chronic breakdown in leadership, members of one platoon descended, over their year-long tour of duty, into a tailspin of poor discipline, substance abuse, and brutality. Four 1st Platoon soldiers would perpetrate one of the most heinous war crimes of the Iraq War--the rape of a fourteen-year-old Iraqi girl and the cold-blooded execution of her family. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Black Heart soldiers, this is a timeless story about the fragility of character in the savage crucible of warfare.--From publisher description. |
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| 308682 | 956.704 43 FRE B | Book | Royal Military Academy | Economie, management & leadership | Disponible |
