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Author:

Alexander, Jerad W., 1980- author.

Title:

Volunteers : growing up in the forever war / Jerad W. Alexander.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

307 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Alexander, Jerad W.,--1980-
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives.
Children of military personnel--United States--Biography.
United States.--Marine Corps--Biography.
Military socialization--United States.
Militarism--United States.
Coming of age.

Summary:

"The memoir of a young man from a long line of enlisted men and women, raised on military bases and shaped from a young age to idolize and glorify war and the people who fight it. After he joins the Marines and serves in Iraq, he must begin to reckon with the troubled and complicated truths of the American war machine"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1616209968
9781616209964

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1227270397

LCCN:

2021016053

Locations:

T2PB062 -- Atkins Public Library (Atkins) — t2pb062

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)