The Gift of Valor

A War Story

Michael M. Phillips

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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
15 August 2006

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Now in paperback- ""One of the first great books to be spawned by the war in Iraq. . . .

Phillips has captured the fear, bravery and confusion of the war.""--The Tucson Citizen

The true story of US Marine Corporal Jason Dunham's brave act that saved fellow Marines and earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Corporal

Dunham was on patrol near the Syrian border, on April 14, 2004, when a black-clad

Iraqi leaped out of a car and grabbed him around his neck. Fighting hand-to-hand

in the dirt, Dunham saw his attacker drop a grenade and made the instantaneous decision

to place his own helmet over the explosive in the hope of containing the blast and

protecting his men. When the smoke cleared, Dunham's helmet was in shreds, and the

corporal lay face down in his own blood. The Marines beside him were seriously wounded.

Dunham was subsequently nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation' s highest award for military valor.

Phillips's minute-by-minute chronicle of the

chaotic fighting that raged throughout the area and culminated in Dunham's injury

provides a grunt's-eye view of war as it's being fought today-fear, confusion, bravery,

and suffering set against a brotherhood forged in combat. His account of Dunham's

eight-day journey home and of his parents' heartrending reunion with their son powerfully

illustrates the cold brutality of war and the fragile humanity of those who fight

it. Dunham leaves an indelible mark upon all who know his story, from the doctors

and nurses who treat him, to the readers of the original Wall Street Journal article

that told of his singular act of valor.

By: Michael M. Phillips
Imprint: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 202g
ISBN: 9780767920384
ISBN 10: 0767920384
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 August 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS, a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has done four tours in Iraq with the Third Battalion, Seventh Marines. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children.

Reviews for The Gift of Valor: A War Story

One of the first great books to be spawned by the war in Iraq . . . Phillips has captured the fear, bravery and confusion of the war. --<i>Tucson Citizen</i> Affecting . . . moving. --<i>New York Times Book Review The story of extraordinary valor on the part of a brave marine. --H. Norman Schwarzkopf, General, U.S. Army, Retired Stands head and shoulders above previous Iraq books. --Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute