Green on Blue : A Novel (Hardcover)

from eheinlen

This book was very well-written and vivid, but it was not my type of book.

from froxgirl

Comparable to Vietnam's "The Things They Carried" - this is a novel of the war in Afghanistan, in the voice of a reluctant combatant. The author served 5 tour of duty in George Bush's wars and tells the tale of Aziz, who, with his older brother Ali, watches as his parents are murdered by Gazan's ...

from shazjhb

So sad. I think we all know how futile war is and can be and yet wars continue. You feel so sad for the people who are faced with the daily conflict on their soil in their villages and not something remote happening in another country.

from ParadisePorch

(Fiction, Contemporary, Afghanistan War) Due to circumstances, young Afghani teen Aziz must join the Special Lashkar, a US-funded militia. As he rises through the ranks, Aziz becomes mired in the dark underpinnings of his country's war, witnessing clashes between rival Afghan groups-what US soldi...

from Rascalstar

This story is written from the perspective of a boy, Aziz, caught up in war in Afghanistan. The author is American and has been in war in the middle east, so it's an unusual perspective that shows how war affects people on the other side on a personal level -- how it can change things so much tha...