Volunteers
Growing Up in the Forever War
Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2021].
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 307 pages ; 24 cm
"The memoir of a young man from a long line of enlisted men and women, raised on military bases and shaped from a young age to idolize and glorify war and the people who fight it. After he joins the Marines and serves in Iraq, he must begin to reckon with the troubled and complicated truths of the American war machine"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Alexander, Jerad W., 1980-
United States. Marine Corps -- Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives.
Children of military personnel -- United States -- Biography.
Military life -- United States.
Military socialization -- United States.
Militarism -- United States.
Coming of age.
Alexander, Jerad W., 1980-
United States. Marine Corps -- Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives.
Children of military personnel -- United States -- Biography.
Military life -- United States.
Military socialization -- United States.
Militarism -- United States.
Coming of age.
ISBN:
9781616209964
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Alexander, Jerad | Wheatley (Shandon) | Biography | In |