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Title: Disappointing
Review: I read Jarhead based on the recommendations of a writing instructor, and was greatly disappointed. I like good memoirs, but Swofford's book is an exercise in self-absorption with no intellectual leap beyond immediate experience, and by misrepresenting the full gamut of military life, it panders to kneejerk antimilitarism.Yes, full disclosure, I'm a veteran, but not from the Marine Corps. The armed forces are no less dysfunctional than any other human institution, but the reality of military life is far more interesting and complicated than Swofford portrays it.
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