This is a street-level view of the struggles of maintaining control in the anarchy that pervaded Iraq after Coalition forces declared victory.
Mike Tucker found himself in the thick of it - dirty, profane, violent, lethal and daily major combat - with some of America's most highly trained and accomplished soldiers. He journeyed - and fought - with Special Forces groups in both Mosul and Fallujah, cities unconvinced the war was over, and willing to do anything to ensure that the struggle would continue. Here is his frank and adrenaline-soaked account, seen through the resilient eyes of the soldiers willing to pay the ultimate price for victory.