Jarhead: A Soldier’s Story of Modern War
Author: Anthony Swofford
In the West, many have become convinced that it is possible to fight a war largely without casualties. Swofford’s brutally honest account of life as a marine (‘jarhead’) in the Gulf War shows that every human being trained to kill another is a casualty…..Read More
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