Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by Ryan Smithson


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I would like to recommend to you a book I finished in January, Ghosts of War by Ryan Smithson. It was the most moving book I had read in awhile. Smithson is a young man from Albany who returned from Iraq in 2004 or 5. The story has local appeal with many references to camping in the ADKS, etcs. The book is being used as a textbook in some Albany area high schools.

Smithson takes us from his enlistment at age 19, through basic training, a tour of Iraq and the healing he did when he returned. He marries before he leaves and takes about night terrors and PTSD when he returns. He fears for his wife's safety from himself. Smithson,an aspiring journalist, is a good storyteller. It is a fast, page-turning read offering insight into the troubling Iraqi war and into the mind of a soldier.

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