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Awards
Overview"Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by American Sniper Writer Jason Hall and Starring Miles Teller No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel embedded with the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous ""surge"". Now, in Thank You for Your Service, Finkel tells the true story of those men as they return home from the front-lines of Baghdad and struggle to reintegrate--both into their family lives and into American society at large. Finkel is with these veterans in their most intimate, painful, and hopeful moments as they try to recover, and in doing so, he creates an indelible, essential portrait of what life after war is like--not just for these soldiers, but for their wives, widows, children, and friends, and for the professionals who are truly trying, and to a great degree failing, to undo the damage that has been done. Thank You for Your Service is an act of understanding, and it offers a more complete picture than we have ever had of two essential questions: When we ask young men and women to go to war, what are we asking of them? And when they return, what are we thanking them for? ""Finkel sketches a panoramic view of postwar life....A book that every American should read."" --Jake Tapper, Los Angeles Times Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. One of Ten Favorite Books of 2013 by Michiko Kakutani (The New York Times), a Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year, and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year" Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Finkel , Arthur Bishop , David FinkelPublisher: MacMillan Audio Imprint: MacMillan Audio Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 15.40cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781427235336ISBN 10: 1427235333 Pages: 7 Publication Date: 01 October 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews<p>Praise for The Good Soldiers <br><br> Finkel has made art out of a defining moment in history. --Doug Stanton, The New York Times Book Review<br> <br> The Good Soldiers by David Finkel is the most honest, most painful, and most brilliantly rendered account of modern war I've ever read. --Daniel Okrent, Fortune Author InformationDavid Finkel is the author of The Good Soldiers, the bestselling, critically acclaimed account of the U.S. surge during the Iraq war and a New York Times Best Book of the Year. An editor and writer for The Washington Post, Finkel has reported from Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, and across the United States, and has covered wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Among Finkel's honors are a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and a MacArthur Foundation genius grant in 2012. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |