Afghan Post
"A...visceral account of the bumpy road of self-discovery for a young soldier at war." -Publishers Weekly"The format of this epistolary memoir, ostensibly based on Bonenberger's contemporaneous journal entries and correspondence, is ambitious. He gives us fascinating glossaries of military terminology, mundane details of meals in the field as well as soul-searching insight into the corrosive effects of war on those sent to fight." -Library Journal"AFGHAN POST is a deeply felt and poetically resonant epistolary memoir. I love the form and the way that Bonenberger is able to inhabit the multiple and fractured selves that emerge from the experience of combat. This is a book that will bring the madness and beauty of combat right down into your shaking hands." -Anthony Swofford"This is one of the best memoirs to emerge from our recent wars. It is painfully honest as we see the author grow from being a narcissistic Yalie weenie who judges the 'aesthetics' of paratrooping to an Airborne captain who revels in commanding an infantry company in combat--and then is crushed by it. One way to thank vets for their service is to read this book." Thomas E. Ricks