Anthony Swofford





Anthony Swofford

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August 12, 1970 in Fairfield, California, The United States

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Anthony Swofford is a former United States Marine and author of the book Jarhead, published in 2003, which is primarily based on his accounts of various situations encountered in the first Gulf War.


Average rating: 3.47 · 3,637 ratings · 403 reviews · 7 distinct works
Jarhead
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 3,379 ratings — published 2003 — 27 editions
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Exit A
2.86 of 5 stars 2.86 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
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Hotels, Hospitals, and Jail...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 9 editions
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Winter Soldier: Iraq and Af...
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2008
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Tin House: Winter Reading
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007
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Home to War: A History of t...
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008
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“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”
Anthony Swofford, Jarhead

“I have gone to war and now I can issue my complaint. I can sit on my porch and complain all day. And you must listen. Some of you will say to me: You signed the contract, you crying bitch, and you fought in a war because of your signature, no one held a gun to your head. This is true, but because I signed the contract and fulfilled my obligation to fight one of America’s wars, I am entitled to speak, to say, I belong to a fucked situation.”
Anthony Swofford, Jarhead

“If while alive you hurt or disappoint people you love, there's no use continuing such behavior when you're dead.”
Anthony Swofford, Jarhead

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