Greetings from Afghanistan, send more ammo
Subtitle: dispatches from Taliban country
By: Benjamin Tupper.
Publisher: NAL Caliber
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780451231437
Subjects: Tupper, Benjamin, -- 1969-; Taliban; United States. -- National Guard Bureau -- Biography; Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American; Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century; Insurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography; Afghan War, 2001- -- Social aspects; Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Genres: Personal narratives, American; Biography
Table of contents: title: Introduction: ETTs : the tip of the counterinsurgency spear; title: section 1: War stories; title: Embrace the suck; title: ETTs : the Taliban's high-value target; title: The flip-flop army; title: Donkeys and grenades : first combat; title: 26 June : surrounded; title: 27 June : a clear shot; title: Decency; title: Mines; title: Pink mist; title: Night letters; title: The weapon with no bullets; title: A cut throat; title: Rockets; title: Chance; title: An orange-bearded man; title: The Garden of Eden Massacre (almost); title: Operation Iron Rage; title: section 2: Laughter is our best defense; title: Training for Iraq; title: The range; title: Self-preservation vs. combat street cred; title: Of "POO" and pop-tarts; title: This nickname has a nice ring to it; title: The "monkey and the typewriter" allegory; title: How to win the war; title: Fobbits, part 1 : an introduction; title: Fobbits, part 2 : creature comforts; title: Fobbits, part 3 : manufacturing danger; title: Missing in action : Jack, Bud, and Jim; title: When disobeying an order is just common sense; title: section 3: Culture shock; title: Inshallah; title: Dial a date; title: A summer road trip; title: We have all the watches, they have all the time; title: Informational detritus from the war zone; title: A world without women; title: Afghan porn; title: Women of Kyrgyzstan; title: Arab vacation day; title: Dogs of war; title: Welcome to Paktika; title: The sun never shines on Paktika; title: Poem; title: A warm-blooded and solar-powered enemy; title: My holiday appeal; title: Winter paralysis; title: Midnight winter Visitors; title: Jitters; title: section 4: Farewell, fallen comrades; title: Death of a war eagle; title: Fading away; title: Exhale; title: A shrug and a smile; title: September 11 coma; title: R.I.P. SSG Phaneuf; title: Pieces in the snow; title: Ski goes home; title: Alive in your mind's eye; title: Fayez; title: Fallen comrade ceremony; title: section 5: Home; title: The "new normal"; title: The heat in dreams; title: Not the reunion I was hoping for; title: Vandy; title: Operation Iron Rage revisited; title: PTSD : a blog as therapy; title: My alive day; title: Bronze Stars for broken souls; title: The end; title: Epilogue: Big Brother is watching, and he seems to be enjoying it.