Jarhead (1)

Title: Jarhead : A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
Author: Anthony Swofford
Genre: Non-Fiction
I enjoyed this book but I didn’t love it like I wanted to and it didn’t educate me or move me to think about war (and the wars American has fought over the last 15 years) any differently. I already thought war does horrible things to people, including those who fight, even those that aren’t physically injured or kill. I already thought the first Gulf War had lots to do with oil and appearances and controlling more of the middle east than we probably have a right to.
With the writing style and the specific subject matter the book probably could have shaved 50 pages off and I would have liked it much more.