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Author:

Brownfield, Christopher J.

Title:

My nuclear family : a coming-of-age in America's twenty-firts century military / Christopher J. Brownfield.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 314 p. : ill., ports. 24 cm.

Subject:

Brownfield, Christopher J.
Iraq War, 2003---Personal narratives, American.
Submariners--United States--Biography.
Hartford (Submarine)
Nuclear submarines--Persian Gulf--History--21st century.
Nuclear submarines--United States--History--21st century.
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
United States.--Navy--History--History--21st century.
Energy policy--Iraq--History--21st century.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

In the belly of the beast -- Nuclear family life -- Damn the torpedoes!!! -- Crush depth -- Gunboat diplomats -- Surfacing -- Fish out of water -- The process we do -- The E-team -- Ramadan soir©Øee -- Black gold -- Learning to fly -- Flying solo -- Non sibi sed Petraeus -- The precipitous pullout -- McCainery, chicanery -- Lukewarm fusion -- A thousand points of light -- The night of fire -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Selected letters and correspondence from Iraq -- Appendix B: Post-hearing questions for the record submitted to Major General Ronald L. Johnson from Senator Barack Obama

ISBN:

0307271692
9780307271693

OCLC:

(OCoLC)503042122

LCCN:

2010011833

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)