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Title: |
War & Coffee |
| Sub-title: |
Confessions of an American Blackhawk Pilot in Afghanistan |
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| By (author): |
Joshua Havill |
| ISBN10-13: |
0764367021 : 9780764367021 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Weight: |
.739 Kg. |
| Published: |
Schiffer Military History - October 2023 |
| List Price: |
27.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
No Longer Distributing
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| Subjects: |
Afghan War |
| Retired US Army officer and helicopter pilot Joshua Havill recounts his deployment to Afghanistan, special operations missions, experience flying a Blackhawk in combat, and life within the walls of a US military base with humility, candor, and humor. War and Coffee is a first-person account of being deployed to Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot with the â Screaming Eaglesâ of the 101st Airborne Division in 2009. Observed halfway through a decades-long war, this irreverent perspective is both comical and brutally honest.In between the occasional mortar round and rocket-propelled grenades, Joshua Havill takes a direct look at the tactical and ideological substance of a conflict laced with as much debauchery as tragedy. With a Cold War perspective gleaned from nine years of US Navy Submarine Service, along with a civilian interlude, Havill re-entered the military in 2002 to pursue his enthusiasm for aviation. This checkered military career culminated with the subject of this work, a year of flying UH-60 Blackhawks out of Bagram Air Base. Time away from the cockpit was spent living in a plywood B-hut and making frequent visits to â The Lighthouseâ , the baseâ s sparse yet beloved self-serve coffee shop. Set during the most pivotal year of Operation Enduring Freedom, this is a captivating illustration of life in a warzone. |
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