Most Succinctly BredKent State University Press, 2006 - 100 páginas A memoir on being a soldier "At this moment, the nation seems interested in soldiering. Not the politics that complicate the very act of service, but the dirty business of being a soldier. No one, except soldiers, knows much about the aftermath of such service. most succinctly bred opens the experience to those who want to know more without having to sit inside the sweltering temperatures of the tank's turret, without having to face day after day the real threat of dying."--Pat C. Hoy II Like Susan Griffin's A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War, Alex Vernon's most succinctly bred explores war by exploring around war, by operating in the margins. Vernon records his ongoing relationship with war and soldiering--from growing up in late Cold War 1980s middle America to attending West Point, going to and returning from the first Gulf War, and watching, as a writer and academic, the coming of the second Iraq war. Not merely a collection of essays, this book has a trajectory, and the chapters, appearing in rough chronological order, loop in and out of one another. It is not a narrow autobiography that attempts to account only for the writer's life; it uses that life to illuminate the lives of its readers, to tell us about the time and place in which we find ourselves. War has seasoned this reluctant soldier; it has wounded him as it wounds all soldiers. But war has not stopped Alex Vernon's life. A large part of what we read here is a fascinating story of recovery. He dares to tell the stories of recuperation without naming them as such, without being in the least maudlin about his experiences or his suffering. Full of surprises, most succinctly bred tells all of the truth tells all of the truth Vernon can muster in a language that is lively, rich, suggestive. This is a book that aims high in an artful, subtle way. |
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... York , 1972 " I fucking hate army officers . " —Kurt Vonnegut's second remark to an assembly of cadets and offi- cers , U.S. Military Academy , West Point , New York , 1972 contents preface 1 ghosts in gray 2 guide us ,
... and postmodern memory 8 sunday , september 23 , 2001 53 9 wedding : new york city , november 10 , 2001 10 orion in the ivory tower 11 tiger , tiger epilogue 77 888 88 69 74 100 preface The chapters in this book appear in the order.
... The Chronicle of Higher Education / Chronicle Review ( Feb. 2002 ) ; a very slight portion of " Tiger , Tiger " in " A Strange Yet Familiar War , " The New York Times Op - Ed ( Apr. 7 , 2003 ) . 1 ghosts in gray ( summer 2OO2 ) I have xii.
... York City . We visited the Cathedral of St. John the Divine , where we ascended an exterior scaffolding lift and walked on planks around the tower , meet- ing gargoyles eye to eye . A handful of cadets stole into a spiral staircase that ...
... York Times it was reported that , just after 1139 hours on 28 January 1986 , at Cape Canaveral , Florida , the space shuttle Challenger exploded seventy - four seconds after liftoff . " How many people died ? " Sir , there were seven ...