Joanna's review
My War: Killing Time in Iraq
by Colby Buzzell
Joanna's review
My War: Killing Time in Iraq by Colby Buzzell
Joanna's review
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Based on his blog (of the same title and that caused great controversy a few years back when the Army got all pissed off about it) this book is a first hand account of life as a foot solider in Iraq. Buzzell captures the sentiments of someone in transition--he joined the army not out of patriotism but as a means to escape his going nowhere life back in the States. As his story progresses he begins to question the sanity of the Army and the legality of the Iraq war. What's being reported on the mass media news is (surprise surprise) quite different from what's happening on the ground. Buzzell is fairly conservative--more libertarian than left leaning in his views. He makes no bones about putting on hard core music before going out in his Stryker to "secure" an area. But neither does he hide his fear when his platoon is ambushed. It's interesting and important to see his transformation from a "regular Army guy" to a person who is aware of the consequences of his actio...more
