{"product_id":"warlord-no-better-friend-no-worse-enemy-pantano-2006","title":"Warlord by Ilario Pantano \u0026 Malcolm McConnell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarlord (Collectible Iraq War Marine Memoir in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA US Marine Officer's Account of Combat in Iraq and the Legal Ordeal That Followed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warlord: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ilario Pantano \u0026amp; Malcolm McConnell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Threshold Editions, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781416524267\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1416524266\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's hardcover in dark cloth-covered boards, with illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo-sized hardcover, roughly 235 x 155 mm, 416 pages. With a map and photographic illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The boards beneath the jacket are dark in colour and are protected by the jacket. The binding is solid and presents as a standard publisher's hardcover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is clean, on cream paper with slightly tanned page edges. The sampled pages show no markings, stains or foxing, and the binding is tight. No inscriptions, bookplates or stamps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The illustrated jacket is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. It shows tape reinforcement at the edges, creasing and lifting along the spine, and scuffs, small pits and marks to the back panel. A barcode sticker is affixed to the back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarlord: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy, published in New York by Threshold Editions in 2006, is the memoir of Ilario Pantano, a US Marine officer who served in Iraq after 11 September 2001. It recounts the combat he experienced and the legal proceedings that followed his conduct in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book covers his service in Iraq, the 2004 shooting of two insurgents in Al Anbar province, and the military hearing that followed. An Article 32 hearing found no credible evidence for the accusation, and all charges were dropped. His supporters' 'Defend the Defenders' campaign also features in the account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatalogued as a Marine Corps officer's biography and an Iraq War personal narrative, this is a first-person record of a controversial episode of the war and the questions of command, judgement and accountability it raised. The back cover carries endorsements from public figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Ilario Pantano \u0026amp; Malcolm McConnell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIlario Pantano, born in 1971, served in the US Marines from 1989 to 1993 and again from 2003 to 2005, serving as a second lieutenant in Iraq. His later career included work at Goldman Sachs, television and documentary projects, and a Republican nomination for the US House of Representatives in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCo-author Malcolm McConnell is a military and investigative author whose other titles include Just Cause, Into the Mouth of the Cat, The Last Mission and Challenger: A Major Malfunction. 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