Battle for Baqubah

<p><i>The Battle for Baqubah: Killing Our Way Out</i> is a firsthand account-and sometimes a minute-by-minute tale-of a raw in-your-face street fight with Al Qaeda militants over a fifteen-month span in the volatile Diyala Province of Iraq. This story is presented through the eyes of a first sergeant serving with B Company 1-12 Cavalry (Bonecrushers) 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood Texas. </p><p>The author takes the reader into the midst of the conflict in and around Baqubah-Iraq's City of Death-a campaign that lasted most of 2007. The author and his fellow Bonecrushers watched as the city went from sectarian fighting amongst the Shiite and Sunnis to an all-out jihad against the undermanned and dangerously dispersed US forces within Baqubah and the outlying areas.</p>