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Jarhead : a Marine's chronicle of the Gulf War and other battles / Anthony Swofford.

Jar head (other title)
Swofford, Anthony. (Author).

Summary:

When the U.S. Marines -- or "jarheads" -- were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man.

Record details

  • ISBN: 141651340X
  • ISBN: 9781416513407
  • ISBN: 0743235355
  • ISBN: 9780965767033
  • ISBN: 0965767035
  • ISBN: 0743239180
  • ISBN: 0743244915
  • ISBN: 9780743244916
  • ISBN: 0743287215
  • ISBN: 9780743287210
  • Physical Description: 260 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2003]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
1260L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.9 14 76222.
Subject:
Swofford, Anthony.
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 7th. Battalion, 2nd. Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Personal narratives, American.
Genre:
Personal narratives.

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  • 36 of 36 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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