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

When Donovan Campbell's platoon deployed to Ramadi in the spring of 2004, they believed they'd be spending most of their time building schools, training police, and making friends with the citizens. But shortly after arriving, when Campbell awoke to the chilling cry of "Jihad, Jihad, Jihad!" echoing from minaret to minaret across the city, he knew they had an altogether different situation on their hands.



For nearly the entire day, Joker-One-the forty-man infantry platoon that Campbell was c...