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First edition. |
| Description |
222 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been discovered, or picking up the pieces when the alert came too late. This lethal game of cat and mouse was, and continues to be, the real war within America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But this book is not just about battle itself. It is also an unflinching portrayal of the toll war exacts on the men and women who are fighting it. When the author returned home to his wife and family, he began a struggle with a no less insidious foe, an unshakable feeling of fear and confusion and survivor's guilt. After enduring what he has endured, can there ever again be such a thing as "normal"? |
| Subject |
Castner, Brian.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Ordnance disposal units -- Iraq.
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Ordnance disposal units -- United States.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Veterans -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Air Force -- Officers -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780385536202 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0385536208 hardcover alkaline paper |
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