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Nothing Here Worth Dying for: Task Force Lion in Iraq

by Seth William Bell Folsom
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781682473252
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Naval Institute Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Naval Institute Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 352
  • Original Price: USD 36.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 645 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military / Strategy, and Military / United States

In this sharp, challenging memoir, Col Seth Folsom lays bare the complexities of modern military combat advisor missions at the twilight of America's longest war. Nothing Here Worth Dying For tells the story of his command of Task Force Lion--a "purpose-built" combat advisor team--and his frenetic 2017 deployment to Iraq's Al Anbar Province. Charged with the daunting task of advising, assisting, and enabling the Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Folsom and his team of Marines and sailors struggled to support their Iraqi partners in the Jazeera Operations Command while simultaneously grappling with their own leadership for their relevance on the battlefield.

Nothing Here Worth Dying For is the jarring coda to Folsom's nearly thirty years in uniform--the last twenty of which he spent deploying to the long war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Far from a jingoistic tale that celebrates Corps and Country, this work challenges many of the popular assumptions about military command, leadership, loyalty, and teamwork.

As with the author's previous books, Nothing Here Worth Dying For focuses on individual Marine actions at the tactical and operational levels while also addressing regional events that contributed to the overall narrative of the U.S. war in Iraq. Folsom describes his unpopular decision to prioritize his team members and their mission to support the Iraqi army above the desires of his own military service branch. As the final operation against ISIS in western Al Anbar gained steam, he questioned the wisdom of the military leadership to which he had dedicated his entire adult life. Despite his disillusionment, he committed himself to the men and women under his command who fought against the odds to accomplish a crucial mission. At its core, this is a story about teamwork and the bonds that develop when men and women risk their lives and reputations together. As the United States struggles once more to extricate itself from Iraq, this book will be a timely addition to the existing body of work about the war.

Folsom, Seth William Bell: - Col Seth W. B. Folsom, USMC (Ret.), served more than twenty-eight years in uniform. A graduate of the University of Virginia, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Marine Corps War College, he is the author of The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq; In the Gray Area: A Marine Advisor Team at War; and Where Youth and Laughter Go: With "The Cutting Edge" in Afghanistan. He lives with his family in Southern California.

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