Jace: The Shadow Wranglers

Theriveting,action-packedtruestoryofthefirstsoldiertochallengethewarinIraq.Asa1stLieutenantandInfantryPlatoonLeaderfortheU.S.Army,chargedwithleading38youngmeninIraq,PaulRieckhoffwasproudtofollowinthefootstepsofhisfatherandgrandfather,whoservedduringVietnamandWWIIrespectively.HeandhissoldiersspentalmostayearinoneofthemostdangerousandvolatileareasofBaghdad.Andwhattheyencounteredtherewaschaos:notnearlyenoughtroops,nohumanitarianaid,nobodyarmor,noradios,andnorealplanforwhattodoafterBaghdadfell.Rieckhoffwasshockedtoseethatsometimesthegreatestchallengeshisplatoonfaceddidnotcomefromenemycombatants.HesawfirsthandthedisastrousresultsofdisbandingtheIraqiarmy,sendingthousandsofarmed,angry,andunemployedmenoutintothestreets.Andhesawwhathappenedwhenwetriedtoconductawaronthecheap,bybestowinggovernmentcontractstothelowestbidderandsendingourmilitaryintobattleinadequatelyprotectedandarmed.Whatfollowed,overthenexttenmonths,sethimonacoursethatwouldforeverchangehislife.Whenhefinallycamehomefromhistourofduty,RieckhoffvowedtotellAmericansthetruthaboutwhatwasgoingoninIraq.HedemandedaccountabilityfromelectedofficialsandwasthefirstIraqveterantodosopublicly.HecreatedOperationTruth,whichgrewintoIAVA,thefirstandlargestveterans'groupspecificallyforveteransofthewarsinIraqandAfghanistan.Throughthisorganization,hehasbecomealeadingspokesmanfortroops,veterans,andtheirfamilies,andacriticalvoiceintheongoingdebatesurroundingthisconflict.WhatisreallyhappeninginIraq?Shouldwebethere?Shouldwestay?Rieckhoffisinauniquepositiontoanswerthesecrucialquestions.Notonlywasheonthegroundintheheatofbattlebutheisalsoonthefrontlinespoliticallyathome.Heprovidesagrunt's-eyeviewoftheharrowing,bloodybattlesonthestreetsofBaghdadandapatriot'svisionofwhereAmericahasgonewrongandhowitcanresetitspath.