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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Anthony Swofford

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#3047 of 3,809 books · #1073 in Biography & Memoir

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2003).

A harrowing yet inspiring portrait of a tormented consciousness struggling for reconciliation and peace, JARHEAD is authentic, revelatory and brilliantly crafted. Anthony Swofford's grandfather fought in WWII; his father fought in Vietnam; and he - a directionless, testosterone-battered teenager - became a scout/sniper in the marines and fought in the Gulf War. His account of that time is also part of a lineage - after Wilfred Owen, Norman Mailer, Michael Herr and Tim O'Brien, it brings the raw and searing tradition of soldiers' stories up to date.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
ISBN-13
9781847397102
Topics
Gulf WarMilitary lifeMarine Corps

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