Dear Mr. President
By: Gabe Hudson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Fiction.; Americans -- Persian Gulf Region -- Fiction.; War stories, American.; Soldiers -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Dear Mister President
Description: "Dear Mr. President introduces a cast of conflicted characters whose efforts to cope with their experiences at war are both funny and tragic. In "The Cure as I Found It," an army infantryman who fought along the Highway of Death returns home with a form of Gulf War Syndrome and a great deal of guilt. He practices getting into Heaven through visualization. In the title story, "Dear Mr. President" a Gulf War vet appeals to the first President Bush for help after his wife decides she has had enough.

In "Cross-Dresser," a stealth fighter pilot in the neuropsych ward of a VA hospital begs to be re-admitted to active duty, after justifying, with impeccable logic, his recent behavior. In "Notes from a Bunker Along Highway 8," a Green Beret assigned to the task of hunting SCUDs around Baghdad deserts his team after seeing a strange vision.

He takes up residence with a fellow soldier in a deserted Iraqi bunker, where he proceeds to give medical aid to refugees, only to discover that being helpful is more complicated than he may have anticipated."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: The cure as I found it; title: Cross-dresser; title: Dear Mr. President; title: The American green machine; title: General Schwarzkopf looks back at his humble beginning; title: Sneak and peek outside Baghdad; title: Those were your words not mine; title: Notes from a bunker along Highway 8.