The highway war : a marine company commander in Iraq

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Label

The highway war : a marine company commander in Iraq

Title remainder

a marine company commander in Iraq

Statement of responsibility

Seth W.B. Folsom

Creator

• Folsom, Seth W. B., 1972-

Subject

• Iraq War, 2003 -- Personal narratives, American
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
• Folsom, Seth W. B, 1972-
• United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography

Genre

• Personal narratives, American
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"The Highway War is the Iraq War memoir of then-Capt. Seth Folsom, commanding officer of Delta Company, First Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps. Mounted in eight-wheeled LAVs (light armored vehicles), this unit of 130 Marines and sailors was one of the first into Iraq in March 2003. It fought on the front lines for the war's entire offensive phase, from the Kuwait border through Baghdad to Tikrit." "Folsom's account focuses on his maturation as a combat leader and as a human being enduring the austere conditions of combat and coming to terms with loss of life on both sides. Moreover, The Highway War is the story of a junior officer's relationships with his company's young Marines, for whose lives he was responsible, and with his superior officers. Folsom covers numerous unusual military actions and conveys truthfully the pace, stress, excitement, mistakes, and confusion of modern ground warfare."--BOOK JACKET

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

956.70443

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction