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Marine Lance Corporal Joshua Ashley takes a knee with MWD Sirius during a nighttime training exercise at YPG in March 2012.

Combat Tracker dog Lex—who loves attention—enjoys some free time with his handler, Marine Lance Corporal John Peeler.

About the Author

Rebecca Frankel has been writing about war dogs since 2010 in her Friday column called “Rebecca's War Dog of the Week.” Her photo essay “War Dog” is one of the most-viewed pieces in
Foreign Policy
's history. Her work has appeared in
The Atlantic, National Geographic,
and elsewhere. She has been a commentator on
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer
and MSNBC, among others. She is currently senior editor, special projects, at
Foreign Policy
magazine. A Connecticut native, Frankel lives in Washington, DC.

Visit the author at
www.Rebecca-Frankel.com

Facebook: Rebecca's War Dog of the Week

Instagram: wardogsbookclub

Twitter: @becksfrankel #wardogsbookclub

WAR DOGS
. Copyright © Rebecca Frankel, 2014. All rights reserved. For information, address Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.us.macmillan.com

Jacket design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

Jacket photograph © Stephenie Wade/U.S. Air Force

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Frankel, Rebecca.

War dogs : tales of canine heroism, history, and love / Rebecca Frankel ; foreword by Thomas E. Ricks.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-137-27968-2 (hardback)

1. Dogs—War use—United States. 2. Dogs—Training. 3. Dogs—War use—History. I. Title.

UH100.F83 2014

355.4'24—dc23

2014004874

e-ISBN 9781137456618

First Edition: October 2014

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