A young soldier in a country he doesn't understand, fighting against an enemy he can't see, for a cause he doesn't fully fathom . . .
Anthony Swofford, an underachieving teenager and a loner, became a scout-sniper in the Marines and fought in the first Gulf War. His brilliantly crafted memoir is a sardonic and searing indictment of the brutal passions that make young men want to go to war, and a harrowing yet inspiring portrait of a tormented consciousness struggling for reconciliation and peace.
'Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swofford, a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. 'Jarhead' was hailed by the critics as a modern classic on its original publication in 2003.
