Love My Rifle More Than You

Description

From Basic Training to Baghdad, from Mosul to a remote outpost on the Syrian border - this raw memoir gives a vivid picture of Kayla Williams's deployment in Iraq. During her time in the army she witnessed death up close, and horrifying disregard for human life and foreign cultures.

Promotion info

No one has ever written a book about what life is like for the 13% of women who make up the US army. Praise for Love My Rifle More Than You: 'The best insider account of miliary life since Anthony Swofford gave us Jarhead' Evening Standard '(a) sassy, downright memoir ... Love My Rifle More than You is an inside view of a formidable institution, told with a tough wit and a complete lack of self-justification or self-pity.' Sunday Times '(a) wonderfully frank and insightful account' The Sunday Telegraph

Reviews

'unique' SCOTSMAN '[A] riveting account' THE OBSERVER

Author description

Kayla Williams was formerly a sergeant in a military intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). She lives near Washington, DC.