My War by Colby Buzzell
'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 describing the war - not as being reported by CNN or official briefings - but as experienced by the soldier on the ground. His story is a brutally honest and hard-hitting account of the absurdities of modern war. These are the real 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. My War is a powerful story of a young man and a war, unlike any you have read before.
'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 *
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780552154376 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552154377 |
| Title | My War |
| Author | Colby Buzzell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Winner of Lulu Blooker Prize: Non-Fiction 2007, Winner of Lulu Blooker Prize: Overall Winner 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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