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My War: Killing Time in Iraq

My War: Killing Time in Iraq

Buzzell, Colby

Paperback

Biographies GeneralMilitary BiographiesIraq War (2003-2011)

ISBN10: 0425211363
ISBN13: 9780425211366
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: Sep 5 2006
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
An underemployed, skateboarding party animal, Colby Buzzell traded a dead-end future for the army--and ended up as a machine gunner in Iraq. To make sense of the absurd and frightening events surrounding him, he started writing a blog about the war--and how it differed from the government's official version. But as his blog's popularity grew, Buzzell became the embedded reporter the Army couldn't control--despite its often hilarious efforts to do so.

The result is an extraordinary narrative, rich with unforgettable scenes: the Iraqi woman crying uncontrollably during a raid on her home; the soldier too afraid to fight; the troops chain-smoking in a guard tower and counting tracer rounds; the first, fierce firefight against the men in black. Drawing comparisons to everything from Charles Bukowski to Catch-22, My War depicts a generation caught in a complicated and dangerous world--and marks the debut of a raw, remarkable new voice.

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