One Weekend A Month is an irreverent look at the first modern American war to extensively rely upon Reservists as combatants. As Major Bill Trevanathan struggles to find meaning amidst the chaos of the Iraq invasion, he learns that the enemy is not only the opposing military force; sometimes it is self-absorbed superiors and the indiff
One Weekend A Month is an irreverent look at the first modern American war to extensively rely upon Reservists as combatants. As Major Bill Trevanathan struggles to find meaning amidst the chaos of the Iraq invasion, he learns that the enemy is not only the opposing military force; sometimes it is self-absorbed superiors and the indifference of the society you are trying to help. The book is a Gold Medal Winner from the Military Writers Society of America for war literature.
War-weary Sergeant Gus Warden returns home, unable to forget the battlefield mistake he made. His problems multiply when his publicity-seeking commander tries to turn him into a war hero over an ill-fated shooting. This war literature explores the struggle combat soldiers experience as they attempt to reenter civilian life with lives sh
War-weary Sergeant Gus Warden returns home, unable to forget the battlefield mistake he made. His problems multiply when his publicity-seeking commander tries to turn him into a war hero over an ill-fated shooting. This war literature explores the struggle combat soldiers experience as they attempt to reenter civilian life with lives shaped by wartime trauma. A book every combat vet should read.
Afghanistan did not fall from a quick U.S. withdrawal. It fell from rampant corruption, as Afghan generals sold their soldier's food and medical supplies to the Taliban. It fell from Afghan politicians creating a fictitious army and pocketing the salaries of "ghost soldiers." In this saga, the sale of a nation's future by its own leade
Afghanistan did not fall from a quick U.S. withdrawal. It fell from rampant corruption, as Afghan generals sold their soldier's food and medical supplies to the Taliban. It fell from Afghan politicians creating a fictitious army and pocketing the salaries of "ghost soldiers." In this saga, the sale of a nation's future by its own leaders is seen through the eyes of an Afghan private trying to survive his brutal wartime service, and a U.S. Army colonel given the dubious task to stop Afghan government corruption.
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