My Lists
Featured Lists
The war I always wanted
the illusion of glory and the reality of war
By Friedman, Brandon
- ISBN
- 978-0-76033-150-7
- Publisher
- St. Paul, MN : Zenith Press, 2007.
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Reviewed on June 18, 2007
Friedman grew up in Louisiana, not far from the Barksdale Air Force Base, watching giant B-52 Stratofortresses thunder overhead. A short talk with a recruiter convinced him to join the army, childhood dreams of glory still dancing in his head. These dreams came to a quick end in Afghanistan the first time he realized death was just a bomb or bullet away. Alternately terrified and rendered euphoric by the adrenalin r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
