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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Where I Started But In A Different Place
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Jun 21st, 2004, 03:11 PM
JARHEAD: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War
and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford
The following review is fairly accurate and pasted here mostly because I'm too lazy to write one myself:
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"In Jarhead, Anthony Swofford has written a powerful and riveting memoir of his life, particularly his involvement as a Marine during the first Persian Gulf war. He recounts his experiences in the Marine culture, the blood lust, the alternating boredom and terror, and the absurd moments including wearing camouflage uniforms because their desert ones hadn't arrived yet. He watched the burning wells rain oil on the desert and the desecration of Iraqi corpses. At the same time he became aware that becoming a man involved more than becoming a soldier. The New York Times says, "By turns profane and lyrical, swaggering and ruminative, Jarhead -- referring to the marines' 'high-and-tight' haircuts, which make their heads look like jars -- is not only the most powerful memoir to emerge thus far from the last gulf war, but also a searing contribution to the literature of combat."
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