Stryker: The Siege of Sadr City
Stryker: The Siege of Sadr City was made possible thanks to 850 backers who contributed ove $37,500 to its pre-order campaign. The book has received widely positive reviews since its launch in 2013 and earned the support of veterans who served in Siege of Sadr City before, during and after the battle. Thanks to the success of the book’s pre-order campaign, Sergeant Ludwig has managed to retain ownership of the rights to the book and any auxiliary works, allowing him to protect the accuracy and fidelity of his work and protect its reputation as an authentic first-hand account.
Konrad’s account remains one of the best selling books about the Iraq War and among the most accurate first-hand accounts of the 2008 Battle of Sadr City. Woven throughout his narrative, Sergeant Ludwig offers an educated and heavy-hitting critique of American foreign policy, Army leadership, counterinsurgency doctrine and western rules of engagement as they apply to kinetic urban combat with a brutal and unforgiving enemy. Because of his honesty and insight, Stryker has been cited in a major RAND Corporation study, served proudly as a reference work for a senior historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History and course material for undergraduate and postgraduate classes on foreign policy, contemporary history and literature.
Stryker: The Siege of Sadr City provides a valuable contribution to the body of work surrounding Operation Iraqi Freedom and tells a unique story of the last major turning point in the war. Sergeant Ludwig’s work stands for itself as a classic story of men in combat, fighting to liberate an urban district housing millions of people from the oppressive and militant rule of the Mahdi Army, far away from the comfort and safety of American shores.