Beyond the Wire A Soldier Perspective on the Iraq War edition by Ross Bryan Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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Squinting from a one-two punch of exhaustion and the eerie faded-brass hue of a desert sun that doesn't take breaks and never seems to want to, I’m trying to decide just how in the hell I ended up here. Here, being Iraq. Cavalry Scout. In the Army for that matter. Perhaps if I thought long and hard enough I could remember. I knew for damn sure that I had no shortage of time to work it out.
My journey started six thousand miles to the west in a crumbling Ohio mill town called Ashtabula. I had spent the better part of a year at a 3rd shift job in a factory on the far end of town, trying not to lose myself in the mullets and meth of the American Midwest. Then came 9/11. The images of those airplanes slamming into the NYC skyline like lawn darts playing on a constant loop on CNN. The attack had leant me a sense of purpose; I enlisted in the Army. Now here I was two years later, as far from Ashtabula as I could get, squinting in the dust and that godforsaken insane-colored sun.
It all seemed to be drawing together into some kind of destiny; and before I ever saw Ohio again, before I got the chance to comprehend the paradise that Ashtabula really had been, there was Iraq. There was an eternity of gunfire and explosions and heat and blood and steel. Iraq was hell, and that was exactly where I was going.
Beyond the Wire A Soldier Perspective on the Iraq War edition by Ross Bryan Politics Social Sciences eBooks
The most remarkable sense I encountered from this book was that I can fully trust the author, strangely as if he had been a friend of mine for a long time even though he and I may have literally exchanged punches fighting over an one-nite stand purpose girl, with vastly different political views between two of us not to mention backgrounds. It is not my imagination or is it that even the enemy fighters of America can appreciate this book, realizing after all, we are all merely soldiers / mercenaries in different forms, colors, and uniforms (figuratively) in life. I am much older than the author by the way, and I am not an ex-armed forces member. I stumbled upon this book while I was looking for the ones covering PTSD subject. A rare combination of qualities of being regrettably honest, painfully humble, unpretentiously insightful, unforgivingly impartial, and yet without pitiful patriotism or the typical pedantic war lectures imbued with boredom, is not easy to find among the ex-armed forces veteran authors from plethora of memoirs of Iraq rebuilding. It is clearly evident that this author is inherently inquisitive and observing, with well balanced political and spiritual visions, plus a perfect dose of humor embedded in his naturally gifted story telling skills. The book grips you on a personal level from its very start as if you started watching a long anticipated blockbuster movie only to later realize that the anticipation was no hype. You witness a very young man semi-blindly joining the armed forces after 9/11, but rapidly transforming into a man with a deep understanding of the ironies of life entangled in war politics, while he struggles in fighting off the faceless demons by desperately maintaining his integrity inevitably tied to the spirit of humanity. In the midst of many dangerous sometimes ill fated missions and assignments he endured as a soldier, he still tenaciously maintained his remarkable ability to reach out and commune with his own conscience and evilness. The soldier sighs, but he is not pessimistic at all for himself, for his suffering comrades, or for the humanity itself. I immensely appreciate the author sharing his journey with us. I highly recommend this book to those who want to know what really happens in making of any war, during the war, and just as importantly, after. I also recommend this book as a good starting point to those who want to heal their war wounded souls and minds, either being a soldier or a civilian, young or tired, uninfomred or sagacious.Product details
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Beyond the Wire A Soldier Perspective on the Iraq War edition by Ross Bryan Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
A soldier's view of a time in our history and how America forever changed Iraq. Thank you for your service.
I felt like I was back there in Iraq
Great insight as to the soldier's view and experience in the Iraq conflict. A quick read that flowed well and kept my interest.
The best first person story of the war in Iraq I've read. If you have ever been in the Middle East it will take you. Makes you proud if you're a soldier; much more aware of the reality of this very tough fight if you aren't. I highly recommend it!
I was in high school in the time this took place. Now having served myself for almost a decade now I can u understand a lot more about what was happening at the time. Really opened my eyes to stuff that was going on well before I even thought to try. Bravo sir, and thanks for your service.
Day to day activities of a soldier that experiences the war from his perspective. There was a portion involving religion that I feel should not have been discussed, especially discussing Muslims and Jews. This was his journal and I found it to be interesting and do endorse it as a good read. Being a veteran of a different war, I continue to be connected to heroes of today's age.
This was a generally well written account of the author's two tours of duty in Iraq and his growing disillusionment with the war and America's leadership. He did a good job of framing the account in the bigger picture of the war and describing the 3rd Armored Cavalry's role in places including Fallujah. Some of the grammar was a bit clumsy, especially in the final chapters and his obvious anti war sentiments verged on the preachy at times, preventing me from rating this the full five stars, but a very worthwhile read nonetheless.
The most remarkable sense I encountered from this book was that I can fully trust the author, strangely as if he had been a friend of mine for a long time even though he and I may have literally exchanged punches fighting over an one-nite stand purpose girl, with vastly different political views between two of us not to mention backgrounds. It is not my imagination or is it that even the enemy fighters of America can appreciate this book, realizing after all, we are all merely soldiers / mercenaries in different forms, colors, and uniforms (figuratively) in life. I am much older than the author by the way, and I am not an ex-armed forces member. I stumbled upon this book while I was looking for the ones covering PTSD subject. A rare combination of qualities of being regrettably honest, painfully humble, unpretentiously insightful, unforgivingly impartial, and yet without pitiful patriotism or the typical pedantic war lectures imbued with boredom, is not easy to find among the ex-armed forces veteran authors from plethora of memoirs of Iraq rebuilding. It is clearly evident that this author is inherently inquisitive and observing, with well balanced political and spiritual visions, plus a perfect dose of humor embedded in his naturally gifted story telling skills. The book grips you on a personal level from its very start as if you started watching a long anticipated blockbuster movie only to later realize that the anticipation was no hype. You witness a very young man semi-blindly joining the armed forces after 9/11, but rapidly transforming into a man with a deep understanding of the ironies of life entangled in war politics, while he struggles in fighting off the faceless demons by desperately maintaining his integrity inevitably tied to the spirit of humanity. In the midst of many dangerous sometimes ill fated missions and assignments he endured as a soldier, he still tenaciously maintained his remarkable ability to reach out and commune with his own conscience and evilness. The soldier sighs, but he is not pessimistic at all for himself, for his suffering comrades, or for the humanity itself. I immensely appreciate the author sharing his journey with us. I highly recommend this book to those who want to know what really happens in making of any war, during the war, and just as importantly, after. I also recommend this book as a good starting point to those who want to heal their war wounded souls and minds, either being a soldier or a civilian, young or tired, uninfomred or sagacious.
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