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Colby Buzzell - My War - 9780552154376 - KSG0009499
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My War

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Description for My War Paperback. Presents the stories of the war: a firefight where the resistance came from 'men in black'; a night spent chain-smoking in the guard tower counting the tracer bullets being fired over the city; and the hesitation of a young soldier who had been passed around from platoon to platoon because he was too afraid to fight. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition

'Once we passed the checkpoint at the border, it hit me. I was like, Holy Shit, this is it, I'm entering a combat zone. Cool!'

At twenty-six Colby Buzzell, unemployed and living at home, decided to join the US Army. Within months he was in Iraq, a machine gunner in the controversial Stryker Brigade Combat Team, an army unit on the cutting edge of combat technology and the first of its kind.

Trapped amid 'guerrilla warfare, urban-style' in Mosul, Iraq, Buzzell was struck by the bizarre and often frightening world surrounding him. He began writing a blog ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552154376
SKU
KSG0009499
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Colby Buzzell
Before enlisting in the army at age twenty-six, Colby Buzzell lived in the San FranciscoBay area. He served for two years, including about a year in Iraq, and now lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews for My War
'My War by Colby Buzzell is nothing less than the soul of an extremely interesting human being at war on our behalf in Iraq'
Kurt Vonnegut

Goodreads reviews for My War


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