description: When the U.S. Marines--or "jarheads"--were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man.
language: English
title: Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War
titlecomplete: Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War
genres: Biography, War, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Military History, American History, Biography Memoir, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 11247
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir
publisher: Scribner