Warrior Police
Rolling with America's Military Police in the World's Trouble Spots
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Publisher Description
For the first time ever, author Gordon Cucullu gives readers an explosive inside look at modern military police units and their role in defending our freedom.
America has been at war on several fronts since the 9/11 attack. While public attention has focused on Marines, conventional Army units, and Special Operations Forces, a lion's share of the war-fighting has been done, under media radar, by Military Police units. These squad and platoon-sized units patrol dangerous urban streets, build up local police units to improve neighborhood stability, and conduct civic action missions. On many occasions they have rushed into a vicious firefight to come to the assistance of infantry units in desperate straits. They keep villages Taliban-free, monitor balloting sites, and interdict drug shipments. In detention centers at Camp Bucha, Iraq, Bagram, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo, Cuba they guard some of the most dangerous terrorists in history.
The story is told by the soldiers themselves, recounting what they have seen and experienced, along with historical context and first-hand field observations by the author team who were provided with unique inside access. Warrior Police takes readers into the bloody streets of Iraq, the dangerous back-country of Afghanistan, and wherever our Military Police are needed.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Another collaboration between Cucullu (Inside Gitmo), who fought in Vietnam and El Salvador and had been embedded in Iraq in 2008 and Afghanistan in 2010, and researcher Fontana, the volume focuses on a seldom-highlighted segment of the U.S. armed forces the military police. As described by the authors, the group compromises "infantry and cops, destroyers and builders, eliminators and facilitators." Col. David Phillips was at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, and sent to Kuwait in early 2003. Col. David Quantock had to address the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. 1st Lieut. Alvin Shell risked his own life to save others in Iraq. Despite Cucullu and Fontana's strident efforts, the overall narrative proves difficult to follow.
Customer Reviews
Pretty informative
Possibly because it is the ONLY book on modern MPs, it is the best. However, some parts were strangely repetitive as if they were never mentioned before. Definitely caused some deja vu.