LEADER 00000nam a22003853a 4500 
001    8pcw09pl6r7sb1xm 
003    SE-LIBR 
007    cr |||   ||||| 
008    220209s2022    xx |||||o|||||000 0|eng|d 
020    9781612001173 
041    eng 
100 1  Snyder, Russell|4aut 
245 10 Hearts and Mines|h[Elektronisk resurs] /|cRussell Snyder 
264  1 |bCasemate,|c2022 
300    232 sidor 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
500    |5MoE|aOnline epub (11.01 MB) 
500    |5MoE|aOffline epub med Adobe-kryptering (10.76 MB) 
520    This is a true story of war, the story of one man’s 
       transformation as he retraces the mine-strewn roads of a 
       land itself transformed by mankind’s most shockingly
       inhuman practice. It is the firsthand account of a member 
       of one of the United States Army’s three-man 
       Tactical Psychological Operations Teams, groups of men 
       tasked with winning the hearts and minds of Iraq’s 
       civilian population through leaflets, loudspeakers, 
       conversation, and bribery. Transcribed from and inspired 
       by the author’s personal wartime journal, it is a 
       story of introspection. It relates how the feelings of 
       eagerness and uncertainty in a young man unfamiliar with 
       war were replaced with the dread knowledge that, buried 
       within his soul, beneath a facade of goodwill and morality,
       lurked the capacity to kill his fellow men.There are 
       scenes of battle retold within the pages of Hearts and 
       Mines. There are descriptions of the feelings of seeing 
       once-familiar human bodies destroyed beyond recognition. 
       Some days are described as being full of hope and 
       appreciation for the beauty of the world, others with 
       despair for the omnipresent cruelty and destruction which 
       has a habit of consuming men when they feel unaccountable 
       for their actions. It captures the sensory experience of 
       living in a singular environment full of strange plants 
       and animals, friends true and false, and determined 
       enemies, encapsulating the existential fear of mortar and 
       rocket attacks, and the ever-present threat of IEDs, as 
       well as the ridiculousness of military bureaucracy, such 
       as was demonstrated by a sergeant major’s decision 
       to punish graffiti artists by removing the doors of all 
       the camp’s toilets.In late 2001 Russell Snyder 
       joined the United States Army as a psychological 
       operations specialist. As a member of the 9th PSYOP 
       Battalion, the army’s only active-duty, tactical 
       psychological operations unit he deployed to Iraq, the 
       experience that inspired him to write Hearts and Mines.  
       Subsequently he was deployed twice more to Iraq. He is a 
       recipient of various military awards including the Bronze 
       Star medal.  Now a civilian, he lives in Raleigh, North 
       Carolina. [Elib] 
653    E-bok 
653    eLib 
655  4 E-böcker 
655  4 Historia 
655  4 Memoarer & Biografier 
852    |5MoE|bMoE|cE-Bok|hLz/DR|xorigin:Elib|zOnline epub (11.01 
       MB)|zOffline epub med Adobe-kryptering (10.76 MB) 
856 4  |uhttps://malmo.elib.se/Books/Details/1126731|zLåna som E-
       bok