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House to House | 
 enlarge | Author: David Bellavia
Creator: John Bruning
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 224404
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.3
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.70443092
ASIN: B0017ODVOU
Publication Date: September 4, 2007
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"Blood flows over my left hand and I lose my grip on his hair. His head snaps back against the floor. In an instant, his fists are pummeling me. I rock from his counterblows. He lands one on my injured jaw and the pain nearly blinds me. He connects with my nose, and blood and snot pour down my throat. I spit blood between my teeth and scream with him. The two of us sound like caged dogs locked in a death match. We are."PPOn the night of November 10, 2004, a U.S. Army infantry squad under Staff Sergeant David Bellavia entered the heart of the city of Fallujah and plunged into one of the most sustained and savage urban battles in the history of American men at arms. PWith Third Platoon, Alpha Company, part of the Army's Task Force 2/2, Bellavia and his men confronted an enemy who had had weeks to prepare, booby-trapping houses, arranging ambushes, rigging entire city blocks as explosives-laden kill zones, and even stocking up on atropine, a steroid that pumps up fighters in the equivalent of a long-lasting crack high. Entering one house, alone, Bellavia faced the fight of his life against six insurgents, using every weapon at his disposal, including a knife. It is the stuff of legend and the chief reason he is one of the great heroes of the Iraq War.PBringing to searing life the terrifying intimacy of hand-to-hand infantry combat, IHouse to House/i is far more than just another war story. Populated by an indelibly drawn cast of characters, from a fearless corporal who happens to be a Bush-hating liberal to an inspirational sergeant-major who became the author's own lost father figure, it develops the intensely close relationships that form between soldiers under fire. Their friendships, tested in brutal combat, would never be quite the same. Not all of them would make it out of the city alive. What happened to them in their bloody embrace with America's most implacable enemy is a harrowing, unforgettable story of triumph, tragedy, and the resiliency of the human spirit. PA timeless portrait of the U.S. infantryman's courage, IHouse to House/i is a soldier's memoir that is destined to rank with the finest personal accounts of men at war.
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Great Seller November 19, 2008
Charles Clausen (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Item was shipped in a timely fashion and was as originally described. Great seller!
 House to House,, November 3, 2008
John Summers (Jacksonville, Florida)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book was suggested to me by the mother of a Marine. I was going to say ex-Marine but there is no such thing. She said it was as close to the real thing as you could get. Her son was in Iraq three times but I don't think he told her the real thing. This book is good and it has it's moments. Enough so that I wouldn't want to trade places with any of these American hero's. I haven't finished the book yet but it tracks with my worst imaginings of what Iraq must be like. God bless our armed forces! br /John
Every "American" must read this!!!!!! October 26, 2008
Danil Rabayev
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After trying to understand for years even a small fraction of what is actually going on in Iraq and what happened in Fallujah, this book is a blessing. Not only is a it a great account to the things we all must know before we turn on CNN for the guide to our lives, it's also a great story in general.. It will steal you heart, if you have one. It's very easy to read and holds your attention throughout the whole book without any long boring gaps. So for those of you with limited attention span (like me), reading it should not take long or pose any problems. br / br /This book may also help you question and find out things about your own self. I hope it can do for many what it did for me. I felt more emotion that I have felt from any movie or book for many many years. br / br /I would like to thank SSG David Bellavia for doing the incredible things that you did and writing to tell us about it without holding back what most people would never share. You are and all of the men and women you served with are now more than ever my heroes! God bless you! br /
Dancing Iraqis, the dance of death October 21, 2008
Brent A. Anderson (New England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this book and couldn't put it down. I read it on the Kindle. Life took a backseat while I read it. br / br /Fallujah now I know better than I ever thought I'd know it. br / br /I laughed, too. The description of the Iraqi soldiers dancing together a la Shakira is hilarious. The description of war is immediate and pressing it truly is as if the reader participates in the hell of combat, where human will often decides who wins and loses. br / br /There's a scene reminiscent of the brutal "Saving Private Ryan" scene where the fighting literally become tooth, claw, and knife. br / br /War truly is hell, and this book shows that soldiers die for each other out of love. Not for the big, noble causes, but to be there for his comrade. br / br /This book is similar to Black Hawk Down and almost as good. br / br /The only bone of contention I have is, as an English teacher, the spelling of "all right" not acceptable as "alright." It makes my skin crawl. br / br /I hope Americans realize he tremendous sacrifices that soldiers and Marines have made in the Iraqi and Afghani campaigns. This book is so effective for being so evocative and as a labor of love. David Bellavia is so effective for writing from the heart, laying it all bare. br / br /Great job, Sarge. Thanks for your service. Hoo-yah!
No cliches October 18, 2008
S. T. Holt (East Coast USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is worth every minute of reading time. I read it through without stopping, it was so compelling and real. Thanks for the snapshot of that world, and for your service, Sargeant.
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