Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine | 
 enlarge | Author: Tyler E. Boudreau
Publisher: Feral House
Category: Book
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Pages: 360
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1932595325
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781932595321
ASIN: 1932595325
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Tyler E. Boudreau is a twelve-year veteran of the Marine Corps infantry. He trained and committed himself physically and intellectually to the military life. Then his intense devotion began to disintegrate, bit by bit, during his final mission in Iraq. After returning home, he discovered a turmoil developing in his mind, estranging him from his loved ones and the bill of goods he eagerly purchased as a marine officer. Packing Inferno is the spectacularly written story of the ordeal of a marine officer in battle and then coming home. It is the struggle with a society resistant to understand the true nature of war. It is the fight with combat stress and an exploration into the process of recovery. It is the search for conscience, family, and ultimately for one's essential self. Here are the reflections of a man built by the Marine Corps, disassembled by war, and left with no guidance to rebuild himself. This is Tyler E. Boudreau's first book. He currently lives in western Massachusetts, where he works with other veterans on many projects related to war.
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Packing inferno November 27, 2008
Look, I am a obsessive reader. George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Jane Austen, Trollope, Dickens, Joyce, Proust... Anything before 1890 and fiction. I read to escape. I know Tyler and wanted to support him so I bought his book. I had never read a book of this sort. And didn't think I would even get past the first page. This book made my head spin. I have never had a book make me think more than this one did. About war. And warriors. About the warrior in each of us. Why is it there in the first place? We couldn't survive without it. Tyler's book blasted my mind wide open on a subject that was as foreign to me as any could possibly be. I recommend this book for everyone. It is not a war book. It is about human nature in its most challenging moments. Fabulous book.
arresting...a real eye opener November 3, 2008
Tyler E. Boudreau has written a very important book. Packing Inferno should be a mandatory read for any young man considering handing his life over to the United States Marine Corps. I think it would make some of them think twice.
This book is so informative about the "real" situation in Iraq. I felt like I was reading some top secret file or something. When I was done, my opposition to the "war" was quite stronger than before. It really helped me justify my feelings. Boudreau has the gift of being able to take you there with his words. its simple, to the point and highly emotional.
if you find yourself feeling confused about this war and wondering what the hell is going on over there, read Packing Inferno. It will shed some light on the situation.
I cant really say enough about this book. you should read it.
Packing Inferno by Tyler E. Boudreau October 18, 2008
Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine (Feral House)
It is easy enough to find war books with 20/20 hindsight, but this is not history. "This is really happening!" to quote Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby. This is our war, and this is the war that has sent the American economy into a nightmarish spiral.
Boudreau, a truly talented writer, and a dedicated lifelong Marine, does not speak from an academic ivory tower. Boudreau documents his time in Iraq with brutal honesty.
Packing Inferno salutes our troops and their bravery, and their attempts to carry out missions with little or no instruction. He is incredibly articulate in describing how all missions in Iraq became missions to protect supply lines, and lives of American troops. And how, once in Iraq, the concept of winning hearts and minds became an impossible order, since no one was able to tell who the enemy was.
Packing Inferno is not only one of the greatest war books ever written, but also one of the best anti-war books.
Packing Inferno is a must have for any college, or public library, with so many returning veterens, with so little psychologic help for them, and so little understanding by an underinformed public.
Whereever you stand on the issue of the Iraq war, this is a MUST READ book.
Thoughtful, ambivalent, visceral, genuine...superb book October 15, 2008
This is one of the most sublime, real books that I have read on the soldier's experience in Iraq. The author has a talent of weaving on-the-ground anecdotes with deep questions and insights all in an attempt to come to grips with his ambivalent experience. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to see the mission through the eyes of a Marine.
An informative, poignant story. September 21, 2008
In a word, this book is excellent. Captain Boudreau takes us on a journey, not only through the streets and countryside of Iraq during this "war", but also, honestly and movingly, through his own inner struggle as he searches within himself to reconcile his early years as a committed Marine infantryman with his existence in what we call "normal daily life."
You will learn much from this book: about War; about the "war" in Iraq; about contradictions (not only in "war", but in all of us); and especially about how one man/soldier has bravely attempted to deal with the internal turmoil which results from these contradictions. And, you will become engaged and stay engaged through the entire book.
Again: Excellent!
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