A raw, edgy, yet intimate new voice from the front lines in Iraq.
An underemployed, skateboarding party animal, Colby Buzzell traded a dead-end future for the army--and ended up
as a machine gunner in Iraq. To make sense of the absurd and frightening events surrounding him, he started writing
a blog about the war--and how it differed from the government's official version. But as his blog's popularity grew,
Buzzell became the embedded reporter the Army couldn't control--despite its often hilarious efforts to do so.
The result is an extraordinary narrative, rich with unforgettable scenes: the Iraqi woman crying uncontrollably
during a raid on her home; the soldier too afraid to fight; the troops chain-smoking in a guard tower and counting
tracer rounds; the first, fierce firefight against the "men in black." Drawing comparisons to everything from Charles
Bukowski to Catch-22, My War depicts a generation caught in a complicated and dangerous world--and marks the debut
of a raw, remarkable new voice.