An edition of Greetings from Afghanistan, send more ammo
(2010)
Greetings from Afghanistan, send more ammo
dispatches from Taliban country
by Benjamin Tupper
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Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan, Insurgency, Social aspects, United States, United States. National Guard Bureau, American Personal narratives, Taliban, Social conditions, Soldiers, Social life and customs, Afghan War, 2001-, Biography, History, Manners and customs, Afghanistan, politics and government, Asia, history, militaryPeople
Benjamin Tupper (1969-)Places
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Greetings from Afghanistan, send more ammo: dispatches from Taliban country
2010, NAL Caliber
in English
0451231430 9780451231437
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Table of 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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