Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washintgon - Hardcover

Rieckhoff, Paul

 
9780451218414: Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washintgon

Synopsis

A veteran of the war in Iraq offers a provocative critique of the conflict, offering an infantry soldier's view of the war and the challenges confronting the American military in the field due to poor planning, lack of accountability and preparedness, inadequate protection, and other problems. 125,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Paul Rieckhoff, the founder and executive director of Operation Truth-an advocacy group for soldiers and returning war veterans-enlisted in the US Army Reserves in 1998. After transferring to the New York Army National Guard, he graduated from Officer Candidate School in June 2001. He began Infantry Officers Basic Course at Fort Benning in February 2002, graduated in June, and immediately volunteered for active duty. He was called to Iraq in January 2003.

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