04698nam 2201237 a 450 991096529390332120251107091820.0979-88-8182-204-0979-88-8185-384-61-283-07186-X97866130718661-4422-0878-310.5040/9798881822040(CKB)2550000000033517(EBL)683540(OCoLC)720335165(SSID)ssj0000537521(PQKBManifestationID)12176438(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537521(PQKBWorkID)10553906(PQKB)11034322(Au-PeEL)EBL683540(CaPaEBR)ebr10496288(CaONFJC)MIL307186(ODN)ODN0000569481(MiAaPQ)EBC683540(OCoLC)1249712457(OCoLC)720335165(OCoLC)759840000(OCoLC)980939644(OCoLC)1055336910(OCoLC)1066616387(OCoLC)1081249878(OCoLC)1152997631(UkLoBP)BP9798881822040BC(EXLCZ)99255000000003351720101119d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHesitation kills a female Marine officer's combat experience in Iraq /Jane BlairLanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Distributed by National Book Networkc2011New York :Bloomsbury Publishing(US),2011.1 online resource (323 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-0877-5 1-4422-0876-7 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: OccupationChapter21: 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; GlossaryThis 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.Iraq War, 2003-2011Personal narratives, AmericanWomen marinesBiographyArmed ForcesOfficersfast(OCoLC)fst00814617HISTORYMilitarybisacshWomen marinesfast(OCoLC)fst01178127Iraqfasthttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCBPBdMfmXtd4M8cvJXdBiographies.fastPersonal narrativesAmerican.fastIraq War, 2003-2011Women marinesArmed ForcesOfficers.HISTORYMilitary.Women marines.956.7044/34092BBIO000000bisacshBlair Jane1972-1819298Bloomsbury (Firm),DLCDLCOCLCON$TYDXCPEBLCPE7BCDXMHWMERUCDOSTEFODLOACOCUFK6UPIFAGFVLZCUU3WBNGOCLCFSTFHCOWRMICGINTVT2WYUTKNDKCUKAHLOCLCONZAUCOCLCQOCLCOOCLCLINARCUtOrBLWBOOK9910965293903321Hesitation kills4379478UNINAEBook