Author: Andrew Wiest
Publication Date: 2025
Length: 336 pages
Genre: Nonfiction, Military History, Contemporary History

Dogwood is an unsparing, deeply researched account of the 150th Combat Engineers of the Mississippi National Guard and their 2005 tour of duty in Iraq, centered on Forward Operating Base Dogwood in Anbar Province. Written by acclaimed military historian Andrew Wiest, the book draws on years of interviews and first-hand accounts to capture the full story of these “Citizen Soldiers” and the transformation of the National Guard from “weekend warriors” to a frontline force in 21st-century warfare