My Lists
Featured Lists
Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime
By Blum, Ben
- ISBN
- 9780385538435 9780385538442
- Publisher
- Doubleday
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2017 | Social Sciences
Blum's debut book sheds light on a romantic vision of war. In 2006, the author's 19-year-old cousin Alex was a promising army ranger—until he participated in an armed robbery of a Bank of America along with his superior Luke Elliott Sommer and three acquaintances. The underlying question for all involved: Why? Was Alex the victim of brainwashing or a hoax? Blum follows Alex's attempts to rebuild his life after losing fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
