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Francis J. "Bing" West Jr.

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http://www.bingwest.com/

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Biographies & Memoirs, Military Art & Science, Literature & Fiction

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Francis J. "Bing" West is an author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration. His 2004 book The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the First Marine Division, written with United States Marine Corps General Ray L. Smith,was awarded the Marine Corps Heritage Prize for non-fiction, as well as the Colby Award.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 620 ratings · 85 reviews · 12 distinct works

	No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah 4.05 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Village 4.12 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1972 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq 4.15 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division by Francis J. "Bing" West Jr., Ray L. Smith 3.61 avg rating — 71 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Pepperdogs 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Small Unit Action In Vietnam: Summer 1966 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1967	My rating:
	The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan 3.73 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War by Francis J. "Bing" West Jr., Dakota Meyer, Bing West 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Naval Forces and Western Security 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987	My rating:
	From Alamein To Scarlet Beach History Of 2 4 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Second A. I. F 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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