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Genre/Form: | Biography Personal Narrative Electronic books Personal narratives Biographies Récits personnels Personal narratives, British |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Hennessey, Patrick, 1982- Junior Officers' Reading Club. New York : Riverhead Books, 2010 (DLC) 2010017134 (OCoLC)555647844 |
Named Person: | Patrick Hennessey; Patrick Hennessey |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Patrick Hennessey |
ISBN: | 9781101459867 1101459867 9781101460054 1101460059 |
OCLC Number: | 731037564 |
Notes: | Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009. |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
Contents: | Prologue -- The Junior Officers' Reading Club -- A call to arms -- On the first block -- Welcome to fucking Iraq -- All things come -- Decompression -- Glossary of military terms. |
Responsibility: | Patrick Hennessey. |
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Abstract:
A revelatory first-hand account of a young enlistee's profound coming of age and how boys grow into men amid the frenetic, sometimes exhilarating violence, frequent boredom, and almost overwhelming responsibilities that frame a soldier's experience and the way we fight today.
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