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Chasing ghosts : a soldier's fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff

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The true story of the first soldier to challenge the war in Iraq provides a grunt's-eye view of the battles on the streets of Baghdad, and a patriot's vision of where America has gone wrong and how it can reset its path. As an infantry platoon leader, Rieckhoff was proud to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. He and his soldiers spent almost a year in one of the most dangerous and volatile areas of Baghdad--and what they encountered there was chaos: not enough troops, no humanitarian aid, no body armor, no radios, and no real plan. He saw what happened when we tried to conduct a war on the cheap. What followed, over the next ten months, set him on a course that would forever change his life. When he finally came home, Rieckhoff vowed to tell Americans the truth.--From publisher description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 326 pages
Contents
  • Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not trying to kill you
  • Ripples of hope
  • I saw a holy man die tonight
  • God bullets hurt
  • Collateral damage
  • The gremlins theory
  • Baghdad island
  • Hope is not a course of action
  • Ali Baba
  • Fighting the media war
  • George Bush had better be fucking right
  • Christmas in Baghdad
  • A viable exit strategy
  • Homecoming
  • The war within
  • Finding a voice
  • Speaking out
  • Taking on the president of the United States
  • Operation truth
  • The sensible war movement
  • Hurry up and Kuwait
  • Welcome to Saddam international airport
  • Into Baghdad
  • Sector 17
  • Ka-bob
  • The mother's day massacre
  • Keeping the peace
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Chasing ghosts : a soldier's fight for America from Baghdad to Washington
Title
Chasing ghosts
Title remainder
a soldier's fight for America from Baghdad to Washington
Statement of responsibility
Paul Rieckhoff
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The true story of the first soldier to challenge the war in Iraq provides a grunt's-eye view of the battles on the streets of Baghdad, and a patriot's vision of where America has gone wrong and how it can reset its path. As an infantry platoon leader, Rieckhoff was proud to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. He and his soldiers spent almost a year in one of the most dangerous and volatile areas of Baghdad--and what they encountered there was chaos: not enough troops, no humanitarian aid, no body armor, no radios, and no real plan. He saw what happened when we tried to conduct a war on the cheap. What followed, over the next ten months, set him on a course that would forever change his life. When he finally came home, Rieckhoff vowed to tell Americans the truth.--From publisher description
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Rieckhoff, Paul
Dewey number
  • 956.7044/342092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
LC call number
DS79.76
LC item number
.R5 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Rieckhoff, Paul
  • Iraq War, 2003-
  • Soldiers
  • Soldat
  • Irakkrieg
  • USA
Label
Chasing ghosts : a soldier's fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff
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Publication
Contents
  • Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not trying to kill you
  • Ripples of hope
  • I saw a holy man die tonight
  • God bullets hurt
  • Collateral damage
  • The gremlins theory
  • Baghdad island
  • Hope is not a course of action
  • Ali Baba
  • Fighting the media war
  • George Bush had better be fucking right
  • Christmas in Baghdad
  • A viable exit strategy
  • Homecoming
  • The war within
  • Finding a voice
  • Speaking out
  • Taking on the president of the United States
  • Operation truth
  • The sensible war movement
  • Hurry up and Kuwait
  • Welcome to Saddam international airport
  • Into Baghdad
  • Sector 17
  • Ka-bob
  • The mother's day massacre
  • Keeping the peace
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 326 pages
Form of item
online
Other physical details
illustrations, map)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1029287470
Label
Chasing ghosts : a soldier's fight for America from Baghdad to Washington, Paul Rieckhoff
Link
Publication
Contents
  • Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not trying to kill you
  • Ripples of hope
  • I saw a holy man die tonight
  • God bullets hurt
  • Collateral damage
  • The gremlins theory
  • Baghdad island
  • Hope is not a course of action
  • Ali Baba
  • Fighting the media war
  • George Bush had better be fucking right
  • Christmas in Baghdad
  • A viable exit strategy
  • Homecoming
  • The war within
  • Finding a voice
  • Speaking out
  • Taking on the president of the United States
  • Operation truth
  • The sensible war movement
  • Hurry up and Kuwait
  • Welcome to Saddam international airport
  • Into Baghdad
  • Sector 17
  • Ka-bob
  • The mother's day massacre
  • Keeping the peace
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 326 pages
Form of item
online
Other physical details
illustrations, map)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1029287470

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