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Shadow of the Sword

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Shadow of the Sword: a Marine's journey of war, heroism, and redemption
AuthorJeremiah Workman, John R Bruning
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory
PublisherBallantine Books
Publication date
2009
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages253 pages
ISBN9780345512123
OCLC290468892
LC ClassDS79.76 .W67 2009

Shadow of the Sword: A Marine's Journey of War, Heroism, and Redemption (ISBN 978-0-345-51212-3) is an autobiographical account of post-traumatic stress disorder by Jeremiah Workman, who served with the US Marine Corps in the Iraq War.

Workman received the Navy Cross for gallantry under fire after killing twenty insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, on December 23, 2004, but later suffered flashbacks reliving the death of three fellow marines in the battle. He also describes having been ordered to "push at least two recruits into suicide attempts" while a drill instructor, an episode that a WSJ reviewer calls "the only part of the book that sounds implausible, given the standards that define the Marines".[1][unreliable source?]

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  1. ^ Landro, Laura (25 September 2009). "The Battle Back Home".
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