Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Anbar Province -- Haditha prelude -- The convoy -- Collateral damage -- The lid comes off -- Part II. Repercussions -- Kicking the ant hill -- Charges -- Outflanking the Corps -- The Bargewell Report -- Part III. The hearings -- Captain Randy Stone -- Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Chessani -- Captain Lucas McConnell -- Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt -- Lance Corporal Stephen Tatum -- Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich -- First Lieutenant Andrew Grayson -- Part IV. The trials -- The CBS fiasco -- Unlawful command influence -- The Grayson debacle -- Chessani resolution -- Wuterich's offensive -- Court-martial -- Epilogue -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: USMC Iraq Command, mid-November 2005 -- Appendix B: Abbreviations -- Appendix C: Marine Corps personnel abbreviations -- Appendix D: Significant dates -- Appendix E: Military and legal terms and expressions.
Summary:
"In November 2005, Sunni insurgents attacked a U.S. Marine squad in Haditha. One marine died and two others were wounded. Squad members killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including an elderly couple, four women and six children. Legal proceedings dragged on for five years. This book investigates the tactics adopted by Marine Corps commanders and the ineptness of the proceedings"-- Provided by publisher.
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