The Child I Took To War - Softcover

Waters, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798295891489

Verlag: Christopher Waters, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Christopher Waters survived a childhood built on violence, fear, and emotional chaos. Long before Iraq, he had already learned how to live in survival mode. In The Child I Took to War, Waters delivers a brutally honest memoir that exposes the devastating collision between childhood trauma and combat PTSD. From the trailer houses of Texas to the battlefields of Iraq, this unforgettable story follows a young man searching for purpose, brotherhood, and escape through military service; only to discover that some wars continue long after the firefight ends. As a U.S. Army Chemical Reconnaissance soldier with the legendary 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Waters endured the realities of combat during the Iraq War while unknowingly carrying invisible wounds from a lifetime before the military ever handed him a rifle. Through addiction, divorce, emotional collapse, violence, and years of self-destruction, he fights the hardest battle of all: surviving himself. Raw, emotional, and unfiltered, The Child I Took to War is more than a war memoir. It is a deeply human story about trauma, fatherhood, redemption, mental health, and the painful journey toward healing. For veterans, survivors of abuse, first responders, and anyone battling invisible wounds, this book delivers a message too many people desperately need to hear: You are not alone. And you are not beyond saving.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Christopher Waters
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798295891489
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 438
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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