Description: Bad War Stories unravels a soldier-scholar's haunting memoir from Iraq and Afghanistan (2003-2014), blending real combat experiences with fictionalized elements to reject sanitized war myths.
Brief description: Dr. Ben Zweibelson has over three decades of service to the U.S. Department of Defense, retiring as an Infantry Officer with 22 years combined service, multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and awarded four Bronze Stars. Author of two other books, 'Understanding the Military Design Movement' (Routledge, 2023) and 'Beyond the Pale' (Air University Press, 2023), Ben lectures at numerous war colleges and universities around the world. He holds a doctorate in philosophy, has three master's degrees, and graduated U.S. Army Ranger School among numerous other demanding military courses. Ben resides in Colorado Springs with his wife and three boys.
Review Quotes: "Move over Ambrose Bierce, Kurt Vonnegut, and Tim O'Brien. Make room in the ranks for Ben Zweibelson and his haunting, rueful, and often poignant Bad War Stories. Combat infantry veteran Zweibelson has been there and done that, but unlike most, he had the perception to pay attention and the guts to write it down. War is the most human of endeavors, shot through with maddening absurdity. Want to know what war is really like? Here it is."--Daniel P. Bolger, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired, author of "Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars"