Overview

A collection of 32 essays written by veterans and family members describing their experiences from conflicts spanning World War II to Afghanistan. These individual stories of pain and struggle illustrate the inescapable damage that war rends in the fabric of society and celebrate our dauntless attempts to repair these holes with compassion and courage.

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Author:   Tracy Crow
Publisher:   Potomac Books Inc
Imprint:   Potomac Books Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9781612347011

ISBN 10:   1612347010
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 August 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsEditor’s Introduction1. Welcome to AfghanistanMatt Farwell2. Above and BeyondLeah Hampton3. Remembering Forgotten Fliers, Their SurvivorsKathleen M. Rodgers4. A Psychology of Rumor, a Psychology of WarCaleb S. Cage5. Panel 30W, Row 15Lorrie Lykins6. Past Perfect TenseKevin C. Jones7. TomAlan Jones8. Middle Passage, Morning WatchAnne Visser Ney9. The Thirty-Day ProjectChristal Presley10. The Lack of WeightGerardo Mena11. War HappensLinda Adams12. The Wing ShedBeverly A. Jackson13. TriageJon Kerstetter14. Lead WeightMax “Joe” Dalton15. War GamesStephen Wilson16. False PositiveAlejandro Mujica17. Prisoners of WarLeila Levinson18. Memory SkyAmber Jensen19. Breathe through Your MouthBrooke King20. To Kill, or Not to KillDario DiBattista21. How the Military Turned My Father a GeniusKim Wright22. War StoriesTracy Kidder23. Hulls in the WaterJeffery Hess24. Proud to Claim the TitleThomas Vincent Nowaczyk25. PassagesCarol Everett Adams26. Letter to a Drowning SoldierRonald Jackson27. The IntimateDonald Morrill28. DependentRebecca McClanahan29. Pictures Don’t LieCheryl Lapp30. Tenuous TethersDavid Abrams31. Sea MommyElizabeth “Libby” Oberg32. Growing a SoldierTonia Stacey-GüttingContributorsSource Acknowledgments

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If you are or have been a member of the military, read this book. If you love or have loved someone in the military, read this book. If you don't know anyone in the military, read this book. It's a revelation. -- Pinckney Benedict Miracle Boy and Other Stories

If you are or have been a member of the military, read this book. If you love or have loved someone in the military, read this book. If you don't know anyone in the military, read this book. It's a revelation. --Pinckney Benedict, author of Miracle Boy and Other Stories and Town Smokes --Pinckney Benedict (11/04/2013)

Author Information

TRACY CROW is a former Marine Corps officer and an award-winning military journalist whose essays and short stories have been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes. She is the author of Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine (Nebraska, 2012). Under the pen name Carver Greene, Crow published the conspiracy thriller An Unlawful Order, the first in a new series featuring a military heroine.

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