Copyright © 2021 by David Philipps

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Published in the United States by Crown, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Philipps, David, author.

Title: Alpha / David Philipps.

Description: New York : Crown, [2021] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021012804 (print) | LCCN 2021012805 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593238387 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593238394 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Gallagher, Eddie, 1979– —Trials, litigation, etc. | Trials (Murder)—United States. | War crime trials—United States. | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry—United States. | Iraq War, 2003–2011—Campaigns—Iraq—Mosul. | United States. Navy. SEALs—Military life. | Military discipline—United States. | United States. Naval Special Warfare Command. SEAL Team Seven. Alpha Platoon—Biography. | IS (Organization)

Classification: LCC KF225.G35 P45 2021 (print) | LCC KF225.G35 (ebook) | DDC 956.7044/34092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021012804

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021012805

Ebook ISBN 9780593238394

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Book design by Edwin Vazquez, adapted for ebook

Cover design: Elena Giavaldi

Cover illustration: Mark Harris

Cover photographs: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images (Eddie Gallagher), Handout/ Getty Images (platoon)

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