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Chasing ghosts : a soldier's fight for America from Baghdad to Washington /

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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 f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rieckhoff, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : NAL Caliber, [2006]
Subjects:
Rieckhoff, Paul.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • George Bush had better be fucking right
  • Hurry up and Kuwait
  • Welcome to Saddam international airport
  • Into Baghdad
  • Sector 17
  • Ka-bob
  • The mother's day massacre
  • Keeping the peace
  • 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
  • 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.