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Soft Spots (Hardcover)

by Clint van Winkle (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.; 1 edition (2 April 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312378939
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312378936
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,838 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Nothing gets held back in "Soft Spots," Clint Van Winkle's account of his two years of duty as a Marine sargeant in Iraq...lacerating honesty, the narrative is dreamlike and surreal." --"The Washington Post"

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Marine Sergeant Clint Van Winkle flew to war on Valentine's Day 2003. His battalion was among the first wave of troops that crossed into Iraq, and his first combat experience was the battle of Nasiriyah, followed by patrols throughout the country, house to house searches, and operations in the dangerous Baghdad slums. But after two tours of duty, certain images would not leave his memory - a fragmented mental movie of shooting a little girl; of scavenging parts from a destroyed, blood-spattered tank; of obliterating several Iraqi men hidden behind an ancient wall; and, of mistakenly stepping on a 'soft spot', the remains of a Marine killed in combat. After his return home, Van Winkle sought help at a Veterans Administration facility, and so began a maddening journey through an indifferent system that promises to care for veterans, but in fact abandons many of them. From riveting scenes of combat violence, to the gallows humour of soldiers fighting a war that seems to make no sense, to moments of tenderness in a civilian life ravaged by flashbacks, rage, and doubt, "Soft Spots" reveals the mind of a soldier like no other recent memoir of the war that has consumed America.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Living with PTSD, 6 Jul 2009
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This small but very readable memoir gives you a raw look into the life of combat veteran Marine Sergeant Clint Van Winkle. The author has done something that might be considered breaking an unspoken rule. But it has been over 200 years that our military veterans of wars have suffered without the understanding of the populace they fought for. And in today's world it is worse for combat veteran when you can be on a battlefield and then home within a day.

This veteran in detail describes the adrenaline rush and the horrible sights of war. His raw honesty in this expose of his life after Iraq is one that though is not spoken of all veterans suffers to some degree or another. Hopefully by writing his limited accounts of the Iraq war and what he is presently going through at home will be cathartic and aid in his healing process.

Once a soldier has been to war he is a changed person and nothing will make you who you were before. I can attest that these stories are very similarly for every military personnel that faces ground combat in close proximity with the enemy and can see the results of what war does first hand and this book does a good job at a first hand view.

The language and description of wartime experiences are brought to life in this book and may not be for everyone. But the brutality of war and what is endured is one that this book offers a small glimpse into. The author also is honest enough to share the truth about the fog of war where you honestly cannot recall all that transpired. Plus the important realization that he needs help and though he is now in what he believes is a counseling program that is of great benefit to him, The author understands that he still suffers from the trauma and rush of the memories of what he has seen and done.
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