When he was 17, Armenian Shant Kenderian traveled from Chicago to Iraq to visit his father. Soon he was inducted into Saddam Hussein's navy and forced to fight, first in the war with Iran and then in the invasion of Kuwait. His tale of brutality and bad luck is fascinating, and Kenderian's pluck and determination are inspiring.

Traces the story of an Iraqi-born American whose brief 1980 visit to make peace with his estranged father was abruptly halted by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iran, an event after which the author was trapped in the region and forced to fight against American forces in Desert Storm. Original. 50,000 first printing.

Traces the story of an Iraqi-born American whose brief 1980 visit to make peace with his estranged father was abruptly halted by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iran, an event after which the author was trapped in the region and forced to fight against American forces in Desert Storm. Original. 50,000 first printing.