Gulf War One - Jake Bloom doesn’t like high school very much and he’s always felt out of place in his synagogue. He’s not thrilled with his parents either. But he loves Led Zeppelin and his girlfriend, Patricia. Seeking to emulate the Israeli soldiers he’s always admired, much to the horror of his over protective parents, Jake joins the army the day after graduating high school. When his summer romance with Patricia ends in heartbreak, as it must, Jake leaves for the army jaded and embittered. In the elite 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Jake finds the purpose and brotherhood he’s always yearned for. When the regiment is deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Storm Jake meets the challenges of tedium, duty, and the horrors of war with honor and good humor – who knew you could blast heavy metal music at the Iraqis? Now if he could only put Patricia out of his mind…

A Line through the Desert

A Novel of OPERATION DESERT STORM

William Stroock

"Pitch perfect." Omri Ceren, Mere Rhetoric

"Stroock has done a good job of capturing the life of a soldier in a combat unit throughout his service in Germany and the Middle East." General Phil Bolte, Cavalry Journal

"Stroock not only tells us about military life, he makes us feel it." William Katz, Urgent Agenda

"Jewish 'Jarhead'....with the GenX attitude Stroock brings to this unsentimental, fast-paced book, should make it a favorite with history and military buffs." Kathy Shaidle, Eaxminer.com

Will@GulfWarOne.com

Jake Bloom doesn’t like high school very much and he’s always felt out of place in his synagogue. He’s not thrilled with his parents either. But he loves Led Zeppelin and his girlfriend, Patricia.

Seeking to emulate the Israeli soldiers he’s always admired, much to the horror of his over protective parents, Jake joins the army the day after graduating high school. When his summer romance with Patricia ends in heartbreak, as it must, Jake leaves for the army jaded and embittered.

In the elite 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Jake finds the purpose and brotherhood he’s always yearned for.

When the regiment is deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Storm Jake meets the challenges of tedium, duty, and the horrors of war with honor and good humor – who knew you could blast heavy metal music at the Iraqis? Now if he could only put Patricia out of his mind…

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