Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family.

When the U.S. Marines -- or jarheads -- were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man.

Author: Anthony Swofford
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 12/16/2003
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.68d
ISBN13: 9780743244916
ISBN10: 0743244915
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Military | Persian Gulf War (1991)
- History | Military | United States

About the Author
Anthony Swofford served in a U.S. Marine Corps Surveillance and Target Acquisition/Scout-Sniper platoon during the Gulf War. After the war, he was educated at American River College; the University of California, Davis; and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has taught at the University of Iowa and Lewis and Clark College. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times, Harper's, Men's Journal, The Iowa Review, and other publications. A Michener-Copernicus Fellowship recipient, he lives in New York