Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War

Stock Code:
BAD4578
Price:
$12.50

Description

Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War by Anthony Swofford. Anthony Swofford's grandfather fought in WWII, his father fought in Vietnam, and he - a directionless, testosterone-battered teenager - went to the Gulf. His account of that war is also part of a lineage: after Wilfred Owen, Norman Mailer, Michael Herr, and Tim O'Brien, it brings the great, raw and searing tradition of soldier's stories up to date. When the marines (or jarheads) are sent to Saudi Arabia to fight the Iraqis, 20-year-old Swofford is among them, shouldering a hundred-pound pack and carrying a sniper rifle. This is the beginning od six months of sand-ridden hell, where the tortures are boredom and fear, and the enemy can be wearing your uniform. Swofford learns that to got to war, men descend into their basest selves.

Details

  • Author:
    Swofford, Anthony
  • Book Condition:
    Very Good
  • Publisher:
    Scribner, UK
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    T4
  • ISBN:
    0743248201
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    260
  • Publish Date:
    2003
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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