"Youngblood" immediately immerses the reader into the Iraq War, defying genre and perspective. Gallagher's storytelling is compelling and his characters are vibrant. The soldier and Rana, a local sheikh's daughter, appeared to have been in love and what Jack finds implicates the increasingly popular Chambers.What follows finds Jack defying his command as Iraq falls further into chaos. The more the lieutenant digs into the matter, the more questions arise. Chambers and and a recently killed soldier. He soon discovers a connection between Sgt. Irreverent but dedicated like a modern day Candide, Jack struggles with his place in Iraq War history. But his world is disrupted by the arrival of veteran Sgt. Daniel Chambers, whose aggressive style threatens to undermine the fragile peace that the troops have worked hard to establish. Day after day, Jack tries to assert his leadership in the sweltering, dreary atmosphere of Ashuriyah. military is preparing to withdraw from Iraq, and newly-minted lieutenant Jack Porter struggles to accept how it's happening-through alliances with warlords who have Arab and American blood on their hands.
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