My War: Killing Time in Iraq - Colby Buzzell

My War - Killing Time in Iraq is the first book I have taken the time to read relating to the experiences of US forces in Iraq. The book written by Infantryman Colby Buzzell follows in detail his 12-month tour of duty in Iraq in the months following the official end of the Iraq war. The book itself follows a 3 year period in the life of Colby Buzzell, a punk rock loving Californian living in the San Francisco area in his journey from relative obscurity to the streets of Mosul as part of the Stryker Brigade, a light infantry unit deployed as part of the peace keeping mission in Iraq. Starting with an outline of his life before joining the army, Buzzell pulls no ...