This work presents a hard-hitting account of the potentially addictive nature of war. Journalist David Axe was in the middle of the action in Iraq, and he got addicted to the "high" of action, despite the constant danger. Here, is Axe's journal of dealing with his addiction, the high, the sheer excitement of being in there, in the battle. He also chronicles the cost to his life - never mind the threat. David Axe starts a new form of visceral self-analysing comics journalism, which can be interpreted as an allegory for the USA.