Description An underemployed, skateboarding party animal, Colby Buzzell traded a dead-end future for the army--and ended up as a machine gunner in Iraq.
To make sense of the absurd and frightening events surrounding him, he started writing a blog about the war--and how it differed from the government's official version.
But as his blog's popularity grew, Buzzell became the embedded reporter the Army couldn't control--despite its often hilarious efforts to do so.
The result is an extraordinary narrative, rich with unforgettable scenes: the Iraqi woman crying uncontrollably during a raid on her home; the soldier too afraid to fight; the troops chain-smoking in a guard tower and counting tracer rounds; the first, fierce firefight against the men in black.
Drawing comparisons to everything from Charles Bukowski to Catch-22, My War depicts a generation caught in a complicated and dangerous world--and marks the debut of a raw, remarkable new voice.
About the Author Before enlisting in the U.
Army at age twenty-six, Colby Buzzell lived in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He served over two years, including a year in Iraq.
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