This collection of accounts of American men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan reveals their personal experiences as military combat personnel. Their stories are told through interviews, information from questionnaires and official military documents.
Based on scores of interview--some culled from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project and others conducted by the author himself--Through Veterans' Eyes presents a composite narrative of the experiences of U.S. service personnel ...
' There wasn't so much as a phone number. There was literally nothing." "I knew it was crazy. I was thinking, the guy on the roof's either a sniper or he's going to radio ahead. And then I thought, this is San Antonio.
This initial book presents findings on the most critical challenges, and lays out the blueprint for the second phase of the study to determine how best to meet the needs of returning troops and their families.
In this book are the powerful words, images, and documents of this historic event.
380 RETURNING HOME FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN students might be affected, need for the development of a central point of information at which individuals could learn about both formal and informal community-based supports, ...
... distant future.”17 “The Reagan Administration,” Severo and Milford write, “which had courted veterans as one of its ploys to obtain power, was now quietly undermining one of its own publicly announced approaches to social policy.”18 In ...
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This is the first book to combine gripping, personal stories of anti-war Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with rigorous academic analysis."—Aaron Glantz, author of The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans "As ...
The Impact of Operation Iraqi Freedom
The stories in Fighting for Peace ultimately reveal that America’s all-volunteer force is contributing to a civilian–military divide that leaves civilians with little connection to the sacrifices of the military.