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Ghosts of War (Hardcover)

Ghosts of War (Hardcover)

The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI
by Smithson, Ryan
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    In a harrowing memoir of combat, friendship, fear, and a soldier`s commitment to his country, a debut author and true patriot brings teen readers inside his tour in Iraq--a war that has little impact on the everyday lives of Americans, but one that has...
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In a harrowing memoir of combat, friendship, fear, and a soldier`s commitment to his country, a debut author and true patriot brings teen readers inside his tour in Iraq--a war that has little impact on the everyday lives of Americans, but one that has a life-changing impact on those who are apart of it.

Author:
Smithson, Ryan
ISBN:
9780061664687
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
321
Publish Date:
05/01/2009
Publisher:
Collins
Language:
English

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  • In this raw and powerful memoir, veteran Smithson recounts his time as an army engineer in Iraq. As a student in suburban Albany, he joins the army after 9/11. While in Iraq, he's shot at and faces mortar attack, but he spends more time on responsibilities like methodical cleanups of roadside bomb craters-work that's as vital, if not as sexy, as actual combat. Smithson's interactions with Iraqi children and families, as much as with his fellow soldiers," drive the story. Military biography cliches-from the indoctrination of boot camp (""they break us down", build us up, break us down again," and then build us back up"") to resentment of officers among the enlisted-abound because they're no doubt true. But the real meat of the book is in Smithson's dealings with American noncombatants", from the little boy who sends care packages to the pilot who insists on upgrading him to first class and his wife and parents. Smithson avoids writing either prowar propaganda or an antimilitary polemic, providing instead a fascinating, often humorous-and occasionally devastating-account of the motivations and life of a contemporary soldier. Ages 14-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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