1001 Nights in the Iraqi Army
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Basic Info
- 1001 Nights in the Iraqi Army: The True Story of an Iraqi POW Held by the Americans During Desert Storm
- Shant Kenderian
- Paperback: 290 pages
- Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (January 17, 2006)
- ISBN 1419619055
Synopsis
Shant, a high school senior, returns to Iraq, the land of his birth, to visit his father and other family members. He is conscripted into the Iraqi military when Saddam Hussein launches war against neighboring Iran in 1980. He remains in the country and is forced to join the military once again when Iraq invades Kuwait, where he becomes a POW, held by the Americans.
Performance on "This American Life"
Episode 308 of the popular US public radio program "This American Life" featured Kenderian reading excerpts from 1001 Nights in the Iraqi Army [1].