It's the unfiltered, darkly funny, sometimes ugly account of what the Global War on Terror actually looked like from the bottom of the food chain-through the eyes of a sarcastic, twenty-something infantry private who had no idea what he was getting himself into.
Set in the chaotic early years of Afghanistan, It'll Buff Out follows a 10th Mountain Division infantry soldier as he stumbles from college bars to basic training to real combat, learning-often the hard way-what it means to fight a war that nobody fully understands yet.
This book is vulgar because enlisted life is vulgar.
It's funny because soldiers cope however they can.
And it's honest because pretending otherwise would be a lie.
If you've read The Things They Carried, Jarhead, or Generation Kill, this book lives in that same uncomfortable space-where boredom, terror, brotherhood, stupidity, and loss all coexist.
Inside, you'll find:
A ground-level view of Army infantry life before the GWOT was ""figured out"" Boot camp, barracks, and battlefield stories told without officer polish Dark humor and profanity used the way soldiers actually use it-to survive The camaraderie of junior enlisted soldiers who have nothing but each other A sobering look at how real wars are fought
By:
Daniel V Pace Contributions by:
Alycia Schwendeman Pace Imprint: Grey Zone Ethics LLC Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 753g ISBN:9798990128484 Pages: 420 Publication Date:01 May 2026 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
