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Greetings from Afghanistan, send more ammo : dispatches from Taliban country
Author
Title
Greetings from Afghanistan, send more ammo : dispatches from Taliban country / Benjamin Tupper.
ISBN
9780451231437
0451231430
9780451233257
0451233255
Published
New York : NAL Caliber, ³2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
Captain Benjamin Tupper spent a year in Afghanistan in an Embedded Training Team, tasked with training, leading in combat, and mentoring the Afghan Army to victory against the brutal Taliban. Writing and recording from a remote outpost, Tupper's dispatches were posted on the blog The Sandbox and broadcast on NPR, bringing vivid snapshots of America's longest ongoing war to a wide audience back home. Here, he takes us inside the intricacies of the war, opening up a unique and multifaceted view of both Afghan culture and the daily life of an American soldier. From the rush of gunfire to surreal, euphoric moments of cross-cultural understanding, this emotional and thought-provoking narrative is rich with humor, eloquence and contradiction. Deeply personal and darkly funny, Tupper illuminates the challenges of the war, bringing to life both the mundane and the extraordinary and seeking a way forward.--From publisher description.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 21, 2021
Contents
Introduction: ETTs : the tip of the counterinsurgency spear
section 1: War stories
Embrace the suck
ETTs : the Taliban's high-value target
The flip-flop army
Donkeys and grenades : first combat
26 June : surrounded
27 June : a clear shot
Decency
Mines
Pink mist
Night letters
The weapon with no bullets
A cut throat
Rockets
Chance
An orange-bearded man
The Garden of Eden Massacre (almost)
Operation Iron Rage
section 2: Laughter is our best defense
Training for Iraq
The range
Self-preservation vs. combat street cred
Of "POO" and pop-tarts
This nickname has a nice ring to it
The "monkey and the typewriter" allegory
How to win the war
Fobbits, part 1 : an introduction
Fobbits, part 2 : creature comforts
Fobbits, part 3 : manufacturing danger
Missing in action : Jack, Bud, and Jim
When disobeying an order is just common sense
section 3: Culture shock
Inshallah
Dial a date
A summer road trip
We have all the watches, they have all the time
Informational detritus from the war zone
A world without women
Afghan porn
Women of Kyrgyzstan
Arab vacation day
Dogs of war
Welcome to Paktika
The sun never shines on Paktika
Poem
A warm-blooded and solar-powered enemy
My holiday appeal
Winter paralysis
Midnight winter Visitors
Jitters
section 4: Farewell, fallen comrades
Death of a war eagle
Fading away
Exhale
A shrug and a smile
September 11 coma
R.I.P. SSG Phaneuf
Pieces in the snow
Ski goes home
Alive in your mind's eye
Fayez
Fallen comrade ceremony
section 5: Home
The "new normal"
The heat in dreams
Not the reunion I was hoping for
Vandy
Operation Iron Rage revisited
PTSD : a blog as therapy
My alive day
Bronze Stars for broken souls
The end
Epilogue: Big Brother is watching, and he seems to be enjoying it.
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Genre/Form
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives - American.
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