Joker One
  • Published: 15 February 2010
  • ISBN: 9780812979565
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $45.00

Joker One

A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood

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For fans of Jarhead and Band of Brothers, the extraordinary New York Times bestselling account of one Marine platoon's honor, sacrifice, and brotherhood during the battle of Ramadi, told by the man who led them.

After graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. So he joined the service, becoming a commander of a forty-man infantry platoon called Joker One. Campbell had just months to train and transform a ragtag group of brand-new Marines into a first-rate cohesive fighting unit, men who would become his family. They were assigned to Ramadi, the capital of the Sunni-dominated Anbar province that was an explosion just waiting to happen. And when it did happen—with the chilling cries of "Jihad, Jihad, Jihad!" echoing from minaret to minaret—Campbell and company were there to protect the innocent, battle the insurgents, and pick up the pieces.

Thrillingly told by the man who led the unit of hard-pressed Marines, Joker One is a gripping tale of a leadership and loyalty.
  • Published: 15 February 2010
  • ISBN: 9780812979565
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $45.00
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Praise for Joker One

  • "An extraordinary book . . . a moving narrative that brings a complicated and often messy war down to an extraordinarily personal level." --The Boston Globe

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