In the Gray Area

• Utgivningsdatum: 2026-11-26
• Mått: 152 x 228 x 13 mm
• Vikt: 217 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Association of the United States Army
• Antal sidor: 224
• Förlag: Naval Institute Press
• ISBN: 9798892411240

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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 award-winning author of The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq; Where Youth and Laughter Go: With "The Cutting Edge" in Afghanistan; and Nothing Here Worth Dying For: Task Force Lion in Iraq. He lives with his family in Southern California.

"The number of military advisors is growing in every service, and—as with past conflicts—their stories are seldom told or understood by the general public or even history buffs. This work will appeal to anyone trying to understand the US military’s attempts to build competent forces in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Anyone who has served as a military advisor or even worked with foreign forces will also appreciate Folsom’s work and chuckle at his team’s experiences and frustrations."—Air & Space Power Journal “Generations from now, when scholars and historians are researching the U.S. Marine Corps during the Iraq war, they will be reading Folsom’s books. In the Gray Area is an appropriate sequel to Folsom’s The Highway War, and an outstanding tribute to all who served on Iraq advisor teams.”—David Danelo, author of Blood Stripes: The Grunt’s View of the War in Iraq “The heart of any counterinsurgency effort is the service and sacrifice of our military training teams—the MTTs or advisors. In his fine work, In the Gray Area, Seth Folsom has given us a boots-on-the-ground look at the duties and challenges of these often overlooked warriors and their critical role in the current battlespace.”—Dick Couch, author of A Tactical Ethic and The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALs and the Winning of al-Anbar “If Iraq does one day evolve into a peaceful democracy, it will owe a great debt to the unheralded contributions of the dedicated teams, such as that led by Seth Folsom, who rebuilt their country brick by brick. And in Folsom those teams could not have found a better writer to tell their story.”—Jim Lacey, author of Takedown: The 3rd Infantry Division’s Twenty-One Day Assault on Baghdad “Seth Folsom’s superb memoir of his work with Military Transition Team 0733 is gritty, brutally honest, and unvarnished; it also tells the important tale of daily life of Americans among the Iraqi military—a story rarely told with such poignant detail. Those who read In the Gray Area will gain much needed insight into the cultural and societal factors that made restoring stability to Iraq such a challenge.”—John R. Ballard, author of From Storm to Freedom: America’s Long War with Iraq “Seth Folsom’s memoir is a thoughtful, gripping tale of the challenges and emotions military advisors face in today’s unconventional battlefields. Folsom, a master storyteller, breaks the barriers of political correctness and gives readers a ‘boots on the ground’ perspective of the war in Iraq. The result: a riveting, compelling story, wonderfully told.”—Wesley R. Gray, author of Embedded: A Marine Corps Advisor Inside the Iraqi Army

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