Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Matt Gallagher’s sardonic and unnerving Iraq War memoir uniquely covers the counterinsurgency, when American troops increasingly encountered the mysterious world of Iraq
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Overview

Matt Gallagher’s sardonic and unnerving Iraq War memoir uniquely covers the counterinsurgency, when American troops increasingly encountered the mysterious world of Iraq

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780306818981
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publication date: 3/23/2010
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 336
  • Sales rank: 129,567
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

Matt Gallagher joined the U.S. Army in 2005 and received a commission in the armored cavalry. Following a fifteen-month deployment in Iraq, Gallagher left the army in 2009. Originally from Reno, Nevada, he now lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Maps ix

Intrologue xi

I The Red, the White, and the Emo: (or American Boy Escapes) Winter 2007-2008 1

II Embrace the Suck: (or Narrative of a Counterinsurgent) Spring 2008 57

III iWar: (or The Lost Summer) Summer 2008 123

IV Across the River and Far Away: (or Redemption's Grunt) Autumn 2008 191

V Stepsons of Iraq: (or A Short-timer's Promenade) Winter 2008-2009 239

Exit Strategy 289

Acknowledgments 293

Index 295

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 7, 2012

    Good book

    This book was lost on me at times. I found I had trouble keeping up sometimes. I am happy I read this book as I was pleasantly surprised to find myself laughing during some of the stories. I would recommend. An even better war book is The Good Soldiers.

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