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Behind the lines : powerful and revealing American and foreign war letters--and one man's search to find them / edited by Andrew Carroll.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- Armed Forces.
- History.
- History, Military.
- United States.
- American letters.
- United States--History, Military--20th century--Sources.
- United States--Armed Forces--Military life--History--20th century--Sources.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Sources.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, [2005]
- Summary:
- Features approximately 200 previously unpublished letters and emails, personal correspondence of US and foreign troops and civilians who have experienced major conflixcts firsthand, from the American Revolution to 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Contents:
- Forever yours : letters of love, family, and friendship
- Lines of fire : letters of combat
- Laughing through the tears : humorous and unusual letters
- Caught in the crossfire : letters by and a bout civilians
- Aftermath : postwar letters.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0743256166
- OCLC:
- 58648073
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