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Swofford, Anthony,

Jarhead : a Marine's chronicle of the Gulf War and other battles / Anthony Swofford. - New York : Scribner, 2003. - 260 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 260).

A memoir of the Gulf War by a front-line infantry marine recounts his struggles with the conflict on the front lines, his battles with fear and suicide, his brushes with death, and his identity as a soldier and an American.

ISBN: 0743235355 9780743235358 0743239180 9780743239189 0743244915 9780743244916 141651340X 9781416513407 0965767035 9780965767033

LCCN: 2002030866

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3Z1998 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:
Swofford, Anthony.
Swofford, Anthony.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 7th. Battalion, 2nd. Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon.
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 7th. Battalion, 2nd. Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon.
USA Marine Corps
United States--Marinekorps.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1991

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American.
Golfkrieg
Erlebnisbericht
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives--American.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.

LC Class. No.: DS79.74 / .S96 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 956.7044/245