Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army
by Kayla Williams, Michael E. Staub
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Author: Kayla Williams, Michael E. StaubEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-18
ISBN: 0393329224
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Reviews of Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army
Book Review: Boring
Summary: 2 Stars
I skipped a lot of pages because I was bored. I found her lack of empathy for her fellow soldiers sad. I enjoyed Meichelbock's female perspective book much more. It was honest, endearing, and a whole lot more fun to read.
Summary of Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army
"Brave, honest, and necessary."-Nancy Pearl, NPR SeattleKayla Williams is one of the 15 percent of the U.S. Army that is female, and she is a great storyteller. With a voice that is "funny, frank and full of gritty details" (New York Daily News), she tells of enlisting under Clinton; of learning Arabic; of the sense of duty that fractured her relationships; of being surrounded by bravery and bigotry, sexism and fear; of seeing 9/11 on Al-Jazeera; and of knowing she would be going to war.
With a passion that makes her memoir "nearly impossible to put down" (Buffalo News) Williams shares the powerful gamut of her experiences in Iraq, from caring for a wounded civilian to aiming a rifle at a child. Angry at the bureaucracy and the conflicting messages of today's military, Williams offers us "a raw, unadulterated look at war" (San Antonio Express News) and at the U.S. Army. And she gives us a woman's story of empowerment and self-discovery. 8 pages of photographs.
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