Blood, Sweat & Fury: an American Expeditionary Manifesto of Poetry

Attorney, Iraq War Veteran, and Former State Senate Candidate Andrew Borene Publishes First Poetry Book, "Blood, Sweat & Fury" --Minneapolis, MN, December 1, 2009 -Andrew Borene- Andrew Borene's first collection of poetry, "Blood, Sweat & Fury", published by iUniverse, Inc. will be officially released on January 1st, 2009. Borene, now a lecturer in national security and intelligence studies at the University of Minnesota, was the 2006 Democratic State Senate candidate in Edina, Minnesota until he was charged with domestic assault and withdrew from publicly campaigning in order to seek treatment for alcoholism and PTSD. This collection of poems draws from Borene's experiences in business, war, and politics before seeking recovery. The result is an edgy and at times haunting look into the mind of a man struggling with addiction and trauma, and his own deadly combination of low self-esteem and inflated ego. Borene was raised in Edina, Minnesota. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, he holds a BA in Economics from Macalester College and currently teaches U. S. Intelligence Community Policy in the Global Policy Area at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute. A regular contributor to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Commentary page, Borene works in Washington, DC commuting weekly to Minnesota to teach his course. A portion of the author's proceeds will support the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).----(from the Back Cover) Blood, Sweat & Fury exploits superior technology, precision engagement, and information dominance to make maximum reader impact. Blood, Sweat & Fury is a collection of poems that match the speed and force of post-Cold War military doctrine for the United States, imposing an overwhelming campaign of force "against an adversary on an immediate or sufficiently timely basis to paralyze its will to carry on... to seize control of the environment and