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Hesitation kills : a female Marine officer's combat experience in Iraq / Jane Blair.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blair, Jane, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blair, Jane, 1972-.
- Blair, Jane.
- United States. Marine Corps--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Women marines--Biography.
- Women marines.
- Armed Forces--Officers.
- Iraq.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Distributed by National Book Network, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8182-204-0
- 979-88-8185-384-6
- 1-283-07186-X
- 9786613071866
- 1-4422-0878-3
- OCLC:
- 720335165
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