JARHEAD

When the U.S.Marines -or "jarheads"- were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand forsix months, he was punished by boredom and fear, he considered suicide,pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy andfriendly fire. And as engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forcedto consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of asoldier, and a man.