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 Author Name: Andrew Exum
Title: This Man's Army: A Soldier's Story From The Front Lines Of The War On Terrorism
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: PENGUIN/PUTNAM (PENGUIN ACCT)
ISBN Number: 1592401376 / 9781592401376
Seller ID: 1596269
The first combat memoir of the War on Terrorism: the gripping story of a young man's transformation into a 21st century warrior. 5x8 inches, 256 pgs.
'Born into a family with a long history of military service dating back to the Revolutionary War, Andrew Exum enrolled in Army ROTC to pay for his Ivy League education. Shortly after graduation in 2000, he joined the infantry, then endured the grueling rigors of Ranger School before becoming a platoon leader with the storied 10th Mountain Division. He thought that perhaps, if he was lucky, he and his me would see action on a peacekeeping mission. Then came the fateful events of September 11, 2001.
Called to action as a 23 year old, he led his troops into Afghanistan to root out the hard-core remnants of Osama bin Laden's forces. Thrown into the maelstrom of moder war, Exum contended with Afghani warlords, cable new correspondents, and the military bureaucracy while hunting a desperate enemy in a treacherous land--and on a mountain ridge in the Shah-e-Kot Valley he would confront and kill and al-Qaeda fighter. After returning home, Exum struggled to come to terms with the media coverage & public perception of the war while seeking to make peace with the man he had become.
By turns harrowing & reflective, this powerful memoir gives voice to a generation of soldiers that has risen to confront the threats of a dangerous new world.
This Man's Army follows one extraordinary young man's transformation from Ivy League student to twenty-first-century warrior. Soldier X vividly brings to life his journey through ROTC training, the grueling trials of the elite Ranger School, and into the treacherous terrain of the Shah-e-Kot Valley in Afghanistan. There he leads his men to root out the hardcore remnants of Osama bin Laden's forces, and must confront and kill an Al Qaeda fighter. On his return to the United States, Soldier X must face how media coverage has distorted public perception of the war back home as he seeks to make peace with the man he had become.
In the tradition of Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone, This Man's Army is a gripping story of a young man's introduction to the horrors of war, reported with brutal honesty and compelling insight. By turns harrowing and inspiring, it is the first account of combat from a new generation that is rising to confront the grave threat that faces our civilization and our way of life.
WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
"Worthy and uncommonly powerful." --John Prados, Washington Post
"If you wonder what life & death are like in today's volunteer Army, and how one then readjusts to civilian life, I highly recommend you read this fine book." --James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Andrew Exum, born & raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a veteran of Operation Anaconda. He reached the rank of captain with the U.S. Army Rangers before leaving the service in May 2004. He currently lives in Beirut, where he is studying Arabic at the American University.
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