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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456687303321

Autore

Blair Jane <1972->

Titolo

Hesitation kills [[electronic resource] ] : a female Marine officer's combat experience in Iraq / / Jane Blair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-283-07186-X

9786613071866

1-4422-0878-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044/34092

B

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Women marines - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: A Home and a Country; Chapter 2: The Call; Chapter 3: Matilda; Chapter 4: The War Plan; Chapter 5: Countdown; Chapter 6: Dread Silence Reposes; Chapter 7: Uncertainty and Human Factors; Chapter 8: Red Ink; Chapter 9: Time on Target; Chapter 10: On the Shore, Dimly Seen; Chapter 11: A Dangerous Position; Chapter 12: A Fiery Crash; Chapter 13: Garden of Eden; Chapter 14: Killbox; Chapter 15: National Geographic; Chapter 16: A Turning Point; Chapter 17: Their Blood Had Washed Out; Chapter 18: Star-spangled Banner; Chapter 19: Ashura; Chapter 20: Occupation

Chapter21: When Free Men Shall StandChapter 22: Mortars in the Garden; Chapter 23: Strategic Corporal; Chapter 24: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy; Chapter 25: Ribbons; Chapter 26: The Twilight's Last Gleaming; Chapter 27: Home of the Brave; Appendix A: Ranks in the United States Marine Corps; Appendix B: Structure of the 1st Marine Division; Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

This riveting memoir is the first book written by a female Marine about the war in Iraq, and one of the only books written by a woman who has experienced combat first hand. Throughout her deployment, Jane kept



a journal of her and her fellow lieutenants' combat experiences, which she drew on to convey the immediacy of life in the military, not just for a woman but for all Marines.