The Mediocre Infantryman goes to war . . .
Nineteen, footloose, and desperate to escape the boredom of hometown life, Goldsmith joins the US Army infantry. In Iraq, he survives roadside bombs, rocket attacks, and stray bullets, only to watch his naïve notions of heroism get swallowed up in an unglamorous lifestyle of violence, intimidation, and grinding tedium. The enemy, so sharply defined during training and Ranger School, becomes hazy and gray, and sometimes, even wears a US uniform. In the end, Goldsmith and his pals find themselves waging their own insurgency against the pogs, the Cooks, and the ever sinister workings of Command.
Unbelievable but true tales from the War in Iraq, from the soldiers on the frontlines. Zarqawi’s Ice Cream places you into the ranks of the mediocre infantrymen; enter into their minds, follow in their boot prints. This no-nonsense, warts-and-all memoir of one soldier’s experience will leave you laughing, shocked, and in tears.
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