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Driving Around, Waiting to Get Blown Up is a war story for people who don't read war stories. It candidly describes what the occupation of Iraq was like for one officer tasked with keeping his soldiers alive while also protecting the Iraqi people he was responsible for. It captures the daily routine for many of the American soldiers who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom: driving from village to village, talking to the local people, and waiting for the inevitable boom that signaled one of their Humvees had just been blown up. This is the story of what happens when America decides to overthrow a government but then finds itself in charge of a country it doesn't understand and a population that views it not as liberators, but occupiers. This is what happens after ""mission accomplished.""

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The Iraq War is mostly forgotten now. Relegated to the history books and lost in the shadows at the end of the day. But what was done there, what we failed to learn, still haunts our nation. In his superb memoir, Mark Stoneman goes far beyond the headlines of that debacle. He details his journey as well as what we appear eager to repeat on the world stage, until we discover otherwise. -Tim Wendel, author of Summer of '68 and Cancer Crossings

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Mark Stoneman was born in London, England, and moved to the US to attend college. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army, ultimately becoming a US citizen and an officer. He served for twenty years, was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and was also stationed in South Korea and at the Pentagon.

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