Dick Camp is a retired Marine Corps colonel and the author of Lima-6, his memoir as a Marine infantry company commander at Khe Sanh. He has written several combat histories of the U.S. Marines, including The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood, Battleship Arizona's Marines at War, Iwo Jima Recon, and Last Man Standing: The 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu. He is also the author of Leatherneck Legends: Conversations with the Marine Corps' Old Breed and has published over sixty articles in various military-oriented magazines, including Vietnam, World War II, Marine Corps Gazette, and Leatherneck. Camp is currently the vice president for museum operations at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, overseeing the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.
USNI ProceedingsCamp sets the battles' political stage very well,
describing the tensions among U.S. Administrator of Iraq, L. Paul
Bremer, Iraq Coalition Force Commander, Lieutenant General Ricardo
Sanchez, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and aptly
avoids commenting on the war's domestic political controversy. This
technique keeps his work close to what matters most in getting to
the truth of a battle: write of the strategy and of the men who
execute it....Camp writes of war's men and methodology as only one
who has been there can. I especially liked his treatment of some of
the nation's most brilliant combat leaders, including Marine
General James N. Mattis and Colonel Willard A. Buhl, and his skill
in telling a story that reads less like a history than a thrilling
novel... Military Heritage ..".an intriguing account of the two
major campaigns to drive the terrorists out of the city."
"When Dick Camp writes about Marines, he does so from the heart.
Operation Phantom Fury is in the top tier of books about Marines at
war." --Eric Hammel, author of Marines in Hue City andThe Root: The
Marines in Beruit
Marine master historian and author Dick Camp has written the
definitive account of the two major battles for the city of
Fallujah and a "spot-on" historical account of one of our Marines'
hardest fights since the Vietnam-era ended. The book is exquisite
to hold in your hands; beautifully bound, it contains more than 150
color photos set on high-quality manuscript paper." - Leatherneck
Magazine
Military Officer
"The Second Battle for Fallujah, dubbed Operation Phantom Fury,
took place over an almost two-month period, from Nov. 7 to Dec. 23,
2004. The Marine Corps' biggest battle in Iraq to date, it was so
prolonged and fierce that it has entered the pantheon of USMC
battles alongside Iwo Jima, Inchon, and Hue City. This book offers
an in-depth, intimate look into Operation Phantom Fury, the single
most significant battle undertaken during the occupation of Iraq.
It is a rare firsthand account of the brutal reality of the war in
Iraq, how this battle for a key city was fought, and how such a
crucial battle looks from positions of command and from the thick
of the fight."Book News Inc.
"Camp, a retired Marine Corps colonel, offers a highly detailed
account of the Marine Corps' biggest battle in Iraq, the Second
Battle for Fallujah, which began with the 2004 murder of four
Blackwater contractors. The account draws on personal interviews
with those involved, including division commanders and infantrymen,
and is illustrated with about 150 on-the-scene color photos, plus
several maps. Camp is currently vice president for museum
operations with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation."Midwest Book
Review
"Retired Marine Corps full colonel and Vietnam combat veteran Dick
Camp presents Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of
Fallujah, Iraq, an in-depth portrait of the second battle for
Fallujah, which was the Marine Corps' biggest battle in Iraq, and
arguably the most important battle during the entire occupation.
Though Fallujah did not receive severe damage during the initial
U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, strife between civilians,
insurgents, and coalition forces erupted into violence with the
murder and desecration of four Blackwater contractors. The U.S.
Marine and Army forces, along with a number of Iraqi Army
battalions, had to confront the lethal task of retaking Fallujah
from insurgents. An expertly researched, harrowingly presented
account of the pivotal battle, highly recommended especially for
military history collections with a focus on the Iraq Wars."
This is a heavy book. Because of the high-quality paper suitable
for printing more than 150 color photographs plus mps, Operation
Phantom Fury weighs about 2 pounds. And the information is worth
the weight.Experienced author Dick Camp, a retired Marine colonel
and Vietnam veteran, is vice president at the Marine Corps Heritage
Foundation and its National Museum of the Marine Corps. He knows
the subject. For this contemporary history, Camp conducted
interviews and review oral histories--and made us of the
bibliography. Operation Phantom Fury chronologically documents the
on-the-ground events leading to the 2003 and 2004 military
operations in Fallujah, Iraq, and makes clear that the operations
relied on a team--soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Iraqi
troops. He chooses exposition of eloquence, relying on
participants' voices to bring drama and description. - Army Times
News Service In November 2004 a joint US-Iraqi force of thousands
moved against insurgents in Fallujah to eliminate some of the
area's most 'hardcore' insurgents and restore peace. Code-named
Operation Phantom Fury, this offensive turned out to be lethal
urban combat - and its history and processes are chartered here in
Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq,
for any military library strong in modern combat. - Midwest Book
Review
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