| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Openers; Prologue; 1: Childhood; 2: Recruitment and Training; 3: Early Days in Iraq; 4: Return to Ramadi; 5: The Girl at the Hospital; 6: al-Habbaniyah; 7: al-Qa'im; 8: AWOL; Epilogue; Author's Note; About the Authors; About the Publisher |
| Summary |
Joshua Key's critically acclaimed memoir, The Deserter's Tale, is the first account from a soldier who deserted from the war in Iraq, and a vivid and damning indictment of how the war is being waged. In spring 2003, young Oklahoman Joshua Key was sent to Ramadi as part of a combat engineer company with the U.S. military. The war he found himself participating in was not the campaign against terrorists and evildoers he had expected. Key saw Iraqi civilians beaten, shot, and killed for little or no provocation. After six months in Iraq, Key was home on leave and knew he could not ret |
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Key, Joshua
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| SUBJECT |
Key, Joshua. fast (OCoLC)fst01657761 |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Desertions -- United States
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Military deserters -- United States -- Biography
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Americans -- Canada
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Americans.
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Desertion, Military.
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Military deserters.
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Canada.
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Iraq.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781770890725 |
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1770890726 |
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