Youngblood a novel

"The US military is preparing to withdraw from Iraq, and newly-minted lieutenant Jack Porter struggles to accept how it's happening--through alliances with warlords who have Arab and American blood on their hands. Day after day, Jack tries to assert his leadership in the sweltering, dreary...

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Main Author: Gallagher, Matt (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2016.
Edition: First Atria books hardcover edition.
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Summary: "The US military is preparing to withdraw from Iraq, and newly-minted lieutenant Jack Porter struggles to accept how it's happening--through alliances with warlords who have Arab and American blood on their hands. Day after day, Jack tries to assert his leadership in the sweltering, dreary atmosphere of Ashuriyah. But his world is disrupted by the arrival of veteran Sergeant Daniel Chambers, whose aggressive style threatens to undermine the fragile peace that the troops have worked hard to establish"--Dust jacket flap.
Physical Description: 340 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781501105746
1501105744
Author Notes: Matt Gallagher is a Wake Forest graduate and US Army veteran. He's the author of the novels Youngblood and the memoir Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War. He holds an MFA in fiction from Columbia and has written for The New York Times , The Atlantic , Esquire , and The Paris Review . He lives with his wife and son in Brooklyn.