Showing Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War by Matt Gallagher

HardCover Pub Date: 2010 Pages: 336 in Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc When Lieutenant Matt Gallagher. began his blog with the aim of keeping his family and friends apprised of his experiences he didnt anticipate that it would resonate far beyond his intended audience. His subjects ranged from mission details to immortality. grim stories about Bon Jovi cassettes mistaken for IEDs. and the daily experiences of the Gravediggersthe code name for members of Gallaghers platoon. When the blog was shut down in June 2008 by the US Army. there were more than twenty-five congressional inquiries regarding the matter as well as reports through the military grapevine that many high-ranking officials and officers at the Pentagon were disappointed that the blog had been ordered closed. Based on Gallaghers extraordinarily popular blog. Kaboom is at turns hilarious. maddening. and terrifying. p...