Waging Peace: a Special Operations Team's Battle to Rebuild Iraq by Rob Schultheis describes the trials and tribulations of a CA (civil affairs) team in Iraq in 2004. The unit attempts to provide basic services to a section of Baghdad with occasional success. There are conflicts with insurgents and the army's own bureaucracy. The author does an excellent job describing the stressful lifestyle that soldiers lead even though not directly in combat. Apparently some of the unit with the author was sent back so hopefully there is a sequel in the works.
There are a few glitches the incorrect year is given for the first publication of the Marine Corps Small Wars manual and the incorrect definition of PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) is given.
Recommended it should also provide a perspective of what the Canadians are dealing with in Afghanistan.
Is available through Abebooks.
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My Iraq bookshelf.
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My Insurgency/Counterinsurgency, Partisan and Guerrilla Warfare bookshelf.
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