About this title: The streets of Baghdad and its inhabitants figure prominently in this soldier's tale of the 2002 Iraqi invasion and its aftermath. John Crawford, now a civilian, recalls his experiences in a National Guard unit that, day in and day out, patrolled the city and had direct contact with civilians. Crawford tells many stories here--about his fellow soldiers, shop owners, Iraqi men, women and children, and himself: his reserve unit was called up while he was on his honeymoon, and he was pulled in the middle of his last semester of college. Like many National Guard members, he resented the fact that ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781573223140ISBN:157322314X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781573223140ISBN:157322314X
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Edition: Large type / large print.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date published: 2006-01-02
ISBN-13:9780786282524ISBN:0786282525
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781573223140ISBN:157322314X
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781594482014ISBN:1594482012
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781594482014ISBN:1594482012
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date published: 2005-08-04
ISBN-13:9781573223140ISBN:157322314X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date published: 2005-08-04
ISBN-13:9781573223140ISBN:157322314X
Description: Like New. FIRST EDITION: FIFTH PRINTING: Published by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group. D/J in Excellent condition. Quarterbound (Dark Grey boards, Dark Grey spine, Gold lettering). Binding tight. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Professionally and securely packaged, with Tracking Number. read more
Edition: Large type / large print.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780786282524ISBN:0786282525
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date published: 8/4/2005
ISBN-13:9781573223140ISBN:157322314X
Description: New. FIRST EDITION (with all numbers). Hardback w/ DJ. Enjoyable reading copy for your personal pleasure. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
"A friend, Sean Coutain, gave me this book a couple years ago, and I didn't read it then because I was just back from Iraq and not interested. I finally picked it up last week and flew through it.
Crawford's experience was much different than mine. In part, because he was there at the start--it was the wild west and living conditions were at their most primitive. I had expected this book to be an indictment of the Iraq War, and maybe that's even what Crawford intended. Instead, however, I found it to be a gripping story told from the POV and in the salty vernacular of a lower enlisted soldier in the Florida National Guard. Unfortunately, the book confirms all negative things active duty soldiers have always believed about the National Guard. However, the problems don't stem from soldier quality; they stem from gutless leadership.
Crawford's world appears to be devoid of leadership. We enter his world after he is fully disillusioned, drug addled, and angry, and things only get worse from there."
"More a collection of essays than a straight narrative -- each can stand alone as its own story and you can take your time with it. If you are listening, you may need to. The reader has an intense delivery that serves the writer's voice, but can become tiring over long stretches. If some of these accounts are difficult to read, they can be even harder to hear. This is not family material. But as an account of what daily life is like for our troops, this sounds like the truth."
"An amazing true story of a National Guards Infantry soldiers experience fighting the war in Iraq. A young man pushed beyond endurance. A savage and compelling work that reveals the true cost of the Iraq adventure, the price paid by young soldiers. I recommend this book to readers to better understand what its like to be a young Infantry soldier in the war in Iraq."
"A poorly written collection of unrelated and pointless stories about a soldier's experiences in the War in Iraq. Maybe that's the point, that the war is random and pointless and we'll all be glad when it's over. (just like I was with this book. :)"
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