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House to House: A Tale of Modern War (Paperback)

by David Bellavia (Author), John R. Bruning (Contributor)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (2 Jun 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1847391184
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847391186
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 70,150 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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On 8 November 2004, the largest battle of the War on Terror began, with the US Army's assault on Fallujah and its network of tens of thousands of insurgents hiding in fortified bunkers, on rooftops, and inside booby-trapped houses. For Sgt. David Bellavia of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, it quickly turned into a battle on foot, from street to street and house to house. On the second day, he and his men laid siege to a mosque, only to be driven to a rooftop and surrounded, before heavy artillery could smash through to rescue them. By the third day, Bellavia charges an insurgent-filled house and finds himself trapped with six enemy fighters. One by one, he shoots, wrestles, stabs, and kills five of them, until his men arrive to take care of the final target. It is one of the most hair-raising battle stories of any age -- yet it does not spell the end of Bellavia's service. It would take serveral more weeks before the Battle of Fallujah finally came to a close, with Bellavia, miraculously, alive. In the words of the author: "HOUSE TO HOUSE holds nothing back. It is a raw, gritty look at killing and combat and how men react to it. It is gut-wrenching, shocking and brutal. It is honest.It is not a glorification of war. Yet it will not shy from acknowledging this: sometimes it takes something as terrible as war for the full beauty of the human spirit to emerge."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Urban Combat, 10 Aug 2008
By Patrick Mullane (Cork, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This book deals almost in it's entirety with SSgt Bellavia part in the US lead assault on the rebel held Iraq city of Fallujah. What a synopsis cannot hope to express is the reality of urban warfare that Bellavia and his platoon underwent during the army's 20 days of fighting. The authors portrait of the grime & dirt of war, which would be familiar to soldiers of any age, and the effect of modern weaponry has on the friable human body is deft and at times brutal. The book does not delve into the reasons for the conflict , though the authors express a clear moral, rather Manichean, world view of them being the "irreverent revenant" vs. the terrorists. What clearly strikes a reader is the intense and moving bond that is cemented in SSgt Bellavia squad when facing life threatening situations and how courage under fire was expressed. This would be a good companion to Keenan's "The Face of battle". My minor quibble would be that the civilian population's plight is barely mentioned. Recommended reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A no holds barred soldiers view, 11 Nov 2009
By Mr. Paul Pimblott ""steve"" (newcastle, upon tyne, uk) - See all my reviews
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This book has to be one of the best books i have read on the war in Iraq the stlye of writing makes you almost believe your there with the author as he and his fellow soldiers fight there way through a maze of alleys and booby trapped houses. Unlike other books the author doesn't attempt to preach about the war he justs tells it as he and his men saw, smelt and experienced it. By the end of this book i felt slightly humbled by it but also more informed this IS how it was and more than likely still is for the men and women serving in iraq and afghanistan it is simply a must read book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Horror, 18 Jun 2009
By John Ryan (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
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A literally horrific first person account of a soldiers hand to hand battle to take Fallujah in Iraq.

By far one of the most shocking, brutal and quite scary books I have ever read, it's all the more shocking because of the true story.

So far I've read
Apache, Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege and Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War all books on the subject of modern warfare, and this is by far the best I've read.

Highly recommended
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5.0 out of 5 stars An absorbing book
I have read quite a few modern warfare books and this one must be in the top five, alongside Generation Kill, Sniper One, Black Hawk Down and The Circuit. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Severn

5.0 out of 5 stars House to House
I'd seen the author of this book on Andy McNab's show and I thought what he did was insane, so I decided to buy his book. From page 1 you don't want to put this book down. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. T. R. Marsh

3.0 out of 5 stars momment to momment
Great book! the hand to hand combat scenes are riveting and for the author life defining

Some of the battle depictions can be a little hard to visualise and I'm not... Read more
Published 8 months ago by masspecguy

4.0 out of 5 stars House to House by David Bellavia
The book is written through the eyes of an American Soldier in Iraq and is a true story. I found the story to start off slow, but once into some of the missions and obstacles that... Read more
Published 12 months ago by I. Tomlinson

5.0 out of 5 stars Street war doesn't come much tougher than this.
I have read many books on war and find that they are either written for a historian who wants facts and figures or they are written for the enthusiast who wants blood and guts... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Pedros

4.0 out of 5 stars Death-trap Fallujah
An enthralling read of what it's like in close quarter battle in an urban environment as SSG David Bellavia, who can be a little excitable leads his platoon through the death-trap... Read more
Published 17 months ago by John O' Keeffe

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