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Redeployment / (Record no. 353441)

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CONTROL NUMBER
control field 852221707
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field OCoLC
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20140223110505.0
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 130813s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2013028125
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781594204999 (hardback)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1594204993 (hardback)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780143126829 (tr. pbk.)
CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Description conventions rda
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency IG#
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
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LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library GZDA
Local processing data bajc*
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813/.6
Edition number 23
AUTHOR NAME
AUTHOR NAME Klay, Phil.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Redeployment /
Statement of responsibility, etc Phil Klay.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 291 pages ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Redeployment -- FRAGO -- After Action Report -- Bodies -- OIF -- Money as a weapons system -- In Vietnam they had whores -- Prayer in the furnace -- Psychological operations -- War stories -- Unless it's a sucking chest wound -- Ten kliks south.
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Phil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of chaos. In "Redeployment", a soldier who has had to shoot dogs because they were eating human corpses must learn what it is like to return to domestic life in suburbia, surrounded by people "who have no idea where Fallujah is, where three members of your platoon died." In "After Action Report", a Lance Corporal seeks expiation for a killing he didn't commit, in order that his best friend will be unburdened. A Morturary Affairs Marine tells about his experiences collecting remains-of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers both. A chaplain sees his understanding of Christianity, and his ability to provide solace through religion, tested by the actions of a ferocious Colonel. And in the darkly comic "Money as a Weapons System", a young Foreign Service Officer is given the absurd task of helping Iraqis improve their lives by teaching them to play baseball. These stories reveal the intricate combination of monotony, bureaucracy, comradeship and violence that make up a soldier's daily life at war, and the isolation, remorse, and despair that can accompany a soldier's homecoming. Redeployment is poised to become a classic in the tradition of war writing. Across nations and continents, Klay sets in devastating relief the two worlds a soldier inhabits: one of extremes and one of loss. Written with a hard-eyed realism and stunning emotional depth, this work marks Phil Klay as one of the most talented new voices of his generation"--
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghan War, 2001-
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Iraq War, 2003-2011
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Soldiers
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type 02. English Fiction
LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
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c 410
Copies
Piece designation (barcode) Koha full call number School Code
MONT18891F KLAMontague Regional High School
BLUE27487F KLABluefield High School