Chasing Alexander: A Marine's Journey Across Iraq and Afghanistan

A haunting fast-paced war memoir Chasing Alexander is Christopher Martins account of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A failing college student obsessed with Alexander the Great Martin enlists in the US Marines to become a different sort of man a man like Alexander. From his difficulty at boot camp to his disappointing deployment to Iraq Martin fears he may never follow in Alexanders footsteps. Then after a strategy change Martin and his unit arrive in Marjah the bleeding ulcer of Afghanistan. There he faces heat fleas and a hidden enemy. As the casualties mount Martin struggles to control his emotions and his newfound sense of power. Chasing Alexander looks unflinchingly at the seductive side of war and its awful consequences.