Focusing on three battles, each reflective of asymmetrical, intercultural, and irregular warfare, this provocative, harrowing, and illuminating book shows how American soldiers have experienced combat in which the "standard" rules of engagement did not apply. The Other Face of Battle offers a fascinating study of American wars in which the cultural terrain is as vital as the physical terrain, and though it deals with lesser-known engagements, the resonances for Americans trying to think their way through our modern wars are profoundly universal.