Dogwood
A National Guard unit's war in Iraq
$48.00
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2025
Summary
This is an unsparing account of the sharp end of war written by one of the finest military historians of his generation.
Andrew Wiest, author of the bestselling Boys of ’67, traces the experience of the 150th Combat Engineers of the Mississippi National Guard in their 2005 tour of duty in Iraq, centered on the forward operating base Dogwood. Comprising youth hoping to attain a way out of grinding poverty, women seeking to break barriers, and patriots…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472863188 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472863186 |
| Author: | Andrew Wiest |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 579g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 156mm x 34mm |
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Dogwood does an amazing job of capturing the full story of the Citizen Soldiers of the 150th in Anbar Province in Iraq in 2005. * Brigadier General J. Roy Robinson, former commander of the 150th and former President of the National Guard Association of the United States *Anyone who wants to understand America’s militia tradition and the changing relation of the Guard to the nation’s regular army should read this book. * Beth Bailey, author of ‘An Army Afire’ *…It is an inspiring story. But it is also a necessary one, because 20 years later America has been so eager to forget it. In Dogwood, Andrew Wiest doesn’t just tell the story; he reminds us of it, without flinching. * Tom Junod, award-winning journalist *
About The Author
Andrew Wiest
Dr. Andrew Wiest is University Distinguished Professor of History and founding director of the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. Specializing in the study of World War I and Vietnam, his titles include Vietnam’s Forgotten Army, which won the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award, and The Boys of ‘67, the basis for the Emmy-nominated National Geographic Channel Documentary Brothers in War. He is based in Hattiesburg, MS.
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