Leaving the Wire:

Have you ever tried to imagine what it was like to patrol down bomb-laden roads, kick down an insurgent's door, or take casualties from an invisible enemy? In this brutally honest memoir, follow a young grunt through the year 2005 in the harsh, alien environment of the Sunni Triangle, where he experienced the essence of the Iraq War. Discover how the infantry lived, fought, and died in a war that defied understanding.