{"product_id":"radioman-andrew-hesterman-9781399090759","title":"Radioman: Twenty-Five Years in the Marine Corps: From Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Both gripping and honest, Radioman is also told with a humor and humility that makes for an extremely pleasurable read.\" -- Scott Anderson, New York Times best-selling author of \"The Quiet Americans\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a Gulf War grunt to a full-fledged Marine Major in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Andrew Hesterman saw it all. \u003ci\u003eRadioman\u003c\/i\u003e offers a highly personal and unfiltered view of the Marine Corps as it transitioned from the post-Vietnam analog Reagan era to the post-9\/11 high-tech George W. Bush and Obama years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadioman\u003c\/i\u003e begins with Andy as a recruit at boot camp and the ensuing training that leads to formally becoming a Marine. After comm school and the reserves, Andy is called to active duty in 1991 for the Gulf War, where he experiences combat up close in Kuwait. The next personally, professionally, and politically tumultuous decade brings marriage (and divorce), flight school and helicopter missions in Kosovo, the shock of 9\/11, another marriage, and children. Andy's journey culminates as an officer in Iraq, where he directs air support for the Marines in Fallujah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-authored by Robert Einaudi, a close friend of Hesterman's since high school, \u003ci\u003eRadioman\u003c\/i\u003e provides an honest and vivid military portrait of the Marine Corps and the modern US military seen through the experiences of one Marine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Hesterman, Robert Einaudi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399090755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399090759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.30w x 1.50d","brand":"Andrew Hesterman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981678248191,"sku":"9781399090759","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_adb5a2bb-048f-4c4e-9277-4e8c3bd9c304.jpg?v=1683256927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radioman-andrew-hesterman-9781399090759","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}