Baghdad express : a Gulf War memoir / Joel Turnipseed ; illustrations by Brian Kelly.
نوع المادة :
نصالناشر:St. Paul, MN : Borealis Books, 2003وصف:203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0873514505 (hbk)
- DS79.74 T87 2003
| نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
كتاب
|
UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS79.74 T87 2003 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000153160 | ||
|
كتاب
|
UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS79.74 T87 2003 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000153159 | ||
|
كتاب
|
UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS79.74 T87 2003 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.3 | المتاح | 30010000153158 |
Browsing UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات shelves, Shelving location: General Collection | المجموعات العامة إغلاق مستعرض الرف(يخفي مستعرض الرف)
| DS79.74 T46 2001 Into the storm : a U.S. Marine in the Persian Gulf War / | DS79.74 T87 2003 Baghdad express : a Gulf War memoir / | DS79.74 T87 2003 Baghdad express : a Gulf War memoir / | DS79.74 T87 2003 Baghdad express : a Gulf War memoir / | DS79.74 V47 1999 The eyes of Orion : five tank lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War | DS79.74 W54 2002 Live from Baghdad : making journalism history behind the lines / | DS79.74 .Z32 1993 ايام القهر الكويتية الثاني من اغسطس 1990 حتى 27 فبراير 1991 |
"In early summer of 1990, Joel Turnipseed was homeless - kicked out of his college's philosophy program, dumped by his girlfriend. He had been AWOL from his Marine Corps Reserve unit for more than three months, spending his days hanging out in coffee shops reading Plato and Thoreau." "Then Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.".
"Turnipseed's unit was activated for service in Operation Desert Shield. By January of 1991, he was in Saudi Arabia driving tractor-trailers for the Sixth Motor Transport Battalion - the legendary "Baghdad Express." The greatest logistical operation in Marine Corps history, the Baghdad Express hauled truckloads of explosives and ammunition across hundreds of miles of desert.
Armed with an M-16 and a seabag full of philosophy books, he is a wise-ass misfit, an ironic observer with a keen eye for vivid detail, a rebellious Marine alive to the moral ambiguity of his life and his situation.".
"This innovative memoir - simultaneously terrifying and hilarious, equal parts Catch-22 and Catcher in the Rye - explores both the absurdities of war and the necessity of accepting our flawed world of shadows. With expansive humanity and profane grace, Turnipseed finds the real-world answers to his philosophical questions and reaches the hardest peace for any young man to achieve - with himself."--BOOK JACKET.
