Dogwood
a national guard unit's war in iraq
$44.01
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2025
Summary
The Dixie Sappers: A Mississippi Guard Unit in the Crucible of Iraq
The book will trace the experience of Bravo Company of the 150th Combat Engineers (the Dixie Sappers) of the Mississippi National Guard through the unit’s tour of duty in Iraq in 2005. Raised from the Piney Woods and Gulf Coast areas of southern Mississippi, the Dixie Sappers were a true melting pot of Americana. Comprised of everything from city youth hoping to attain college benefits, to rural African Americans se…
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: | 581g |
| 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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