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War is hell…but sometimes it’s also funny as hell.
Combat and Other Shenanigans is Lieutenant Piers Platt’s firsthand account of his year as a cavalry platoon leader in Iraq. Wry, action-packed, and poignant, Combat and Other Shenanigans is the absurd-but-true story of the antics the world’s finest soldiers get up to when no one high-ranking is watching.
Interview with the Author
Q - What makes Combat and Other Shenanigans special?
A - There are a ton of great war memoirs out there today, and many cover the Global War on Terror / Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I don’t want to detract from any of those works, as they all tell an important aspect of the experience of being deployed. But my experience was a lot less action-packed and heroic, and a lot more about doing our best to get the job done, and keep ourselves from going stir-crazy in the process. We pulled some crazy stunts downrange when no one was looking. But the book is also a testament to the camaraderie and everyday heroism of the soldiers I fought with. I hope it's a realistic look at what the experience of war was like for the average combat soldier in Iraq.
Q - Why should readers give this book a try?
A - It's a fast, easy read - and it's laugh-out-loud funny at times. All of the stories are true. If you're a veteran looking to laugh and remember how ate up things were, or just someone wanting to get a better sense for "what it was like" for those of us that served, this book is for you.
Combat... is also a New York Times bestseller that has been downloaded more than 6,000 times, and has remained on the Amazon "Top Rated" and "Bestselling" lists in its category since publication.
Q - Have you written other books?
A - Yup! Check out my Amazon author page for the complete list, or my website: http://piersplatt.com/books (copy and paste into your browser).
Thanks for reading!
Combat and Other Shenanigans ebook categories:
Tanks
War non-fiction
Cavalry
War on terrorism
War on terror
Veterans stories
Funny memoir / Memoirs Iraq
New York Times bestsellers
Military humor
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateFebruary 25, 2014
- File size369 KB
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- ASIN : B00INKEXNO
- Publication date : February 25, 2014
- Language : English
- File size : 369 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 181 pages
- Lending : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #239,803 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #48 in Biographies of the Iraq War
- #52 in Iraq War History (Kindle Store)
- #115 in United States Veterans History
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About the author

Piers Platt is the New York Times bestselling author of "Combat and Other Shenanigans," a memoir of his year-long deployment to Iraq as a tank and scout platoon leader. Piers grew up in Boston, but spent most of his childhood in various boarding schools, including getting trained as a classical singer at a choir school for boys. He joined the Army in 2002, and spent four years on active duty.
When he's not writing or spending time with his lovely wife and daughter, Piers works as a strategy consultant in New York city.
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He is able to portray the life of a serviceman during a deployment, the boredom, poor rations, the sand, the squalor. silly army regulations, questionable leadership. The army at its best is basically dysfunctional, ask anyone who has served.They manage to get by, there are problems with equipment,men who should never have been enlisted because of their low standards. But what makes the book interesting are those few, the exception to the rule, the men who excel at what they do. They were born to be soldiers and they must carry the weight, have the answers, be able to keep the riff raft in line and hold them to the mission and keep what ever discipline they can muster. This is not to be confused with WWII or Korea, this is America flexing its muscle which really comes down to our advance technology. Oh how important good leadership is and there we seem to be lacking. The author illustrates some close calls, but calls into question, WTF were we doing their?
As I was finishing the book, national news was reporting that almost the entire city of Samarra was now in the hands of the Taliban. This city figured prominently in this book. What a shame that this entire battle, if not the war, appears to have been fought for nothing!
Filled with the boring mundane, that is.military life, punctuated with the sudden violance and lifethreatinng actionof all battlefields. A good read. I was always waiting for the other shoe to drop .the syle of writingwas engaging and painted the picture of one mans experiance of his first time in the modern feld of battle. May we send no more young men and women into harms way to satisfy old mens ambitions!
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that step up to a high level to protect each other and make a difference to the innocent people
they are protecting. Loved the humor in your book.........