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	• From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth The Lyons Press, 2006 - 216 pages average customer review:based on 114 reviews view larger image
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Wonderful, a joy to read!

Highly recommended. Read it in one sitting. Sad, tender, funny, and ultimately a happy and heartwarming ending. The pictures of Lava (the dog) are so telling.

A Pup Amongst Devil Dogs

One book that I would recommend to anyone, from my wife and mother to the Marines I served with back in my old Bulk Fuel company (although most of them hated my taste in reading material), is Kopelman's FROM BAGHDAD, WITH LOVE. After reading the first couple of pages, I fell for this uplifting and inspirational story, finishing it in less than two days.

At its core, FROM BAGHDAD, WITH LOVE is the ancient tale about a boy and his dog. The boy in this story, however, happens to be a Marine Lt. Colonel, and his dog, Lava, is a five-week-old stray who was found in the midst of the Iraq War.

Kopelman touches the heart with stories of Lava's playful and endearing shenanigans, as well as his efforts to skirt military regulations and to overcome bureaucratic confusion in order to get this puppy to the United States - all of which is going on while he and his men are fighting insurgents, avoiding suicide bombers and IEDs, and desperately trying to turn scared and ill-trained native troops into professional soldiers. This isn't a "OOH RAH!" guts and glory story here. Kopelman and his men are tired and, although they want to finish cleaning up the mess that Mr. Bush and company started, they want to come home. The Lt. Colonel's hopes for future of Lava the puppy reflect his hopes for the survival of himself and his men as emotionally functioning human beings.

This story is a happy one, with the message that love and the human will for good can show through in our worst situations.

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Awesome Read!!

Read this book in a day. I just couldn't put it down. It is a great story about a wonderful act of humanity during a horrible war. This book will be enjoyed by animal lovers and non-animal lovers alike!

From Baghdad, With Love

I would recommend this book to anyone!!!
ANY an animal lover would adore it! Its heartwarming, touching, funny, sad and it makes you want to help out the people who finally got Lava back to the states. Everyone did a terrific job.

I read this on a flight out West, I didnt want to put the book down. I couldnt wait to see HOW they got Lave back to the states. And to read about the horrors and sadness in Iraq, made me cry.

From the moment Jay saw Lava, he was destined to have that dog! To read about this strong, brave soldier doing everything he can to save this dog, was truly amazing! ALL the work he did, to get Lava home and to be free away from war, made me cry!

I passed the book onto another animal lover, I know she will love it as much as I did.
Dont hesitate..buy it - NOW!!

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Dogs

I am an avid reader, but when I picked this book up, I could not put it down till I was through. It was both sad and hard to hear how Iraquis treat the animals. Our own rules about keeping them was also very wrong, in my opionion. Killing them just because they exist, is so cruel. But the whole story was very uplifting when Lava finally made it home.
Excellent book.

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