{"product_id":"jim-frederick-black-hearts-2010-paperback","title":"Jim Frederick: Black Hearts [2010] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCombines elements of \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eas it builds towards its terrible climax...Extraordinary' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Iraq's `Triangle of Death', 2005. A platoon of young soldiers from a U.S. regiment known as `the Black Heart Brigade' is deployed to a lawless and hyperviolent area just south of Baghdad. Almost immediately, the attacks begin: every day another roadside bomb, another colleague blown to pieces. As the daily violence chips away, and chips away at their sanity, the thirty-five young men of 1st Platoon, Bravo Company descend into a tailspin of poor discipline, substance abuse, and brutality - with tragic results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless true story of how modern warfare can make or break a man's character. Told with severe compassion, balanced judgement and the magnetic pace of a thriller, it looks set to become one of the defining books about the Iraq War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `\u003cb\u003eBlack Hearts is the obverse of \u003ci\u003eBand of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a story not of combat unity but of disharmony and disarray' \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `\u003cb\u003eA riveting picture of life outside the wire in Iraq\u003c\/b\u003e, where \"you tell a guy to go across a bridge, and within five minutes he's dead.\"'\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frederick, Jim","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51950680703315,"sku":"9780230752085","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51950680670547,"sku":"XG80230752085","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/frederick-jim-jim-frederick-black-hearts-2010-paperback-1194012822.jpg?v=1758568275","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/jim-frederick-black-hearts-2010-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}