Jarhead - by Anthony Swofford (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When the Marines were sent to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm, Anthony Swofford was there, with a hundred-pound pack on his shoulders and a sniper's rifle in his hands. This is his scorching memoir of life on and off the battlefield.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>In his <i>New York Times</i> bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family.</b> <p/>When the U.S. Marines -- or jarheads -- were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> A brutally honest memoir...gut-wrenching frontline reportage.<br><br><i>The Sacramento Bee</i> A bayonet in the eye...brutal and unforgettable.<br><br>Mark Bowden Author of <i>Black Hawk Down</i> <i>Jarhead</i> will go down with the best books ever written about military life.<br><br>Michiko Kakutani <i>The New York Times</i> A searing contribution to the literature of combat, a book that combines the black humor of <i>Catch-22</i> with the savagery of <i>Full Metal Jacket</i> and the visceral detail of <i>The Things They Carried....</i>An irreverent but meditative voice that captures the juiced-up machismo of jarhead culture and the existential loneliness of combat...Mr. Swofford conveys a chilling sense of what it is like to be under enemy fire, and he also communicates a palpable sense of the fog of war.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Anthony Swofford</b> served in a U.S. Marine Corps Surveillance and Target Acquisition/Scout-Sniper platoon during the Gulf War. After the war, he was educated at American River College; the University of California, Davis; and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has taught at the University of Iowa and Lewis and Clark College. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in <i>The New York Times, Harper's, Men's Journal, The Iowa Review, </i> and other publications. A Michener-Copernicus Fellowship recipient, he lives in New York
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