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War magnifies human emotions and passions: anger becomes rage, guilt becomes desperation, and resentment becomes hatred. In "The Grappling Hook", U.S. Army veteran F. X. Moughan writes of these emotions from the perspective of someone who has been there. With ten poignant short stories rich with humor and irony, disdain for hypocrisy, and admiration for leadership, Moughan tells the inside story of the conflict lurking beneath the war's surface: the human dramas of the soldiers fighting it. From group efforts to neutralize a roadside bomb to the harassment of a female soldier, from mental illness to middle-aged recruits, Moughan illuminates a hidden world of tragedy, anxiety, and everyday heroism.

The Grappling Hook: And Other Stories from the

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      Publisher: University of Scranton Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: 01/04/2009
      ISBN13: 9781589661790, 978-1589661790
      ISBN10: 1589661796
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      Book Synopsis
      War magnifies human emotions and passions: anger becomes rage, guilt becomes desperation, and resentment becomes hatred. In "The Grappling Hook", U.S. Army veteran F. X. Moughan writes of these emotions from the perspective of someone who has been there. With ten poignant short stories rich with humor and irony, disdain for hypocrisy, and admiration for leadership, Moughan tells the inside story of the conflict lurking beneath the war's surface: the human dramas of the soldiers fighting it. From group efforts to neutralize a roadside bomb to the harassment of a female soldier, from mental illness to middle-aged recruits, Moughan illuminates a hidden world of tragedy, anxiety, and everyday heroism.

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