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Soldiers First
2021
First Published
3.87
Average Rating
352
Number of Pages
The tumultuous story of two gay soldiers, who forge a lifelong friendship before, during, and after Don't Ask Don't Tell. Brett and Drake battle for love and freedom to survive three wars and one exhausting policy. They adopt wildly different strategies to outmaneuver the silent adversary, yet each one rises deftly toward Lt. Colonel, inside the great American war machine as it rumbles through Middle East adventures.
Avg Rating
3.87
Number of Ratings
68
5 STARS
54%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
9%
2 STARS
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Author

Dave Cullen
Dave Cullen
Author · 3 books

Dave Cullen has been covering the blight of mass murders in America for two decades, first with COLUMBINE, now PARKLAND: BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT. COLUMBINE was a New York Times bestseller and the consensus definitive account. Parkland is a story of hope: the genesis of the extraordinary March for Our Lives movement. Dave was with the students from the beginning, with unparalleled access behind the scenes. Columbine made two dozen Best of 2009 lists including New York Times, and won several major awards, including the Edgar and Goodreads Choice Award for best nonfiction of the year. It now appears on several all-time True Crime Top 10 lists. Dave has written for New York Times, London Times, Vanity Fair, BuzzFeed, Politico, New Republic, Newsweek, Guardian, Washington Post, Daily Beast, Slate, Salon, The Millions, Lapham's Quarterly, etc. He has appeared on PBS Newshour, NBC Nightly News, Today, CBS Sunday Morning, Nightline, Morning Edition, CBS This Morning, New Day, Anderson Cooper 360, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Lawrence O'Donnell, Talk of the Nation, The Nineties, Hannity, etc. Dave is a former gay army infantry grunt. Parkland struck while he was in year 18 of a book about two ggay soldiers. He will finish that soon. Dave wrote Columbine in Colorado, then moved to NYC. He is uncle to 11 cool humans and 1 adorable corgi, Bobby Sneakers.

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