Living on Tattooine (A.K.A. Kuwait) - Softcover

Christine Cook

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972416633 ISBN 13: 9780972416634

Publisher: Porch Swing Press, 2005

Synopsis

She's a wife, a mother of two, a part-time writer, and until now, she's been living a secret life....Meet Lieutenant Colonel Christine Cook, battalion commander of a Michigan National Guard unit. In November 2003, she was alerted, then mobilized and deployed to the Kuwait Theater of Operations, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The day after she arrived, she sent an email letter letting her friends and family know she was alive and she was safe, but it seemed like she was on another universe. Thus begins a year's worth of emails that kept her loved ones amused, but informed, about the comings and goings of an intrepid soldier. Here for the first time are the complete collection of these email missives, along with a plethora of background information, yet more stories, and even a couple of photos. Here's what war is really like, from a woman with, she admits, a somewhat eccentric vision of it. Sit back, relax, and enjoy. You're going to another galaxy.

About this title

About the Author:

Christine Cook is a colonel in the US Army Reserve. She is a graduate of the US Army War College, and currently works as a research professor for the US Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband, two children, and Oscar the masked cat. She is currently working on the third mystery in the d'Arcy W. Carter mystery series. A sequel to LIVING ON TATTOOINE, called REDEPLOYMENT OF THE JEDI, is scheduled for publication by the US Army War College in Spring 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Porch Swing Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0972416633
• ISBN 13: 9780972416634
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 245
• Editor: D'Arcy Wagonhurst
• Illustrator: Kenneth Cook