Surviving Iraq : soldiers' stories / Elise Forbes Tripp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tripp, Elise Forbes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Armed Forces.

United States.

Iraq.

United States--Armed Forces--Iraq--Interviews.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Interviews.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2008.

Summary:

The Iraq war is being fought by an all-volunteer army recruited from working-class America, and it is these men and women who are the stars of Tripp's powerfully moving book. Surviving Iraq: Soldiers' Stories is the result of a close collaboration between the author and thirty veterans who tell their stories of the invasion, occupation, and ongoing insurgency in Iraq. As fighters, these soldiers have faced urban warfare against an unidentifiable enemy; as women they have guarded against assault from their male comrades; as military personnel they have lived on bases that have modern movie theaters, gyms, the internet. Burger Kings and Pizza Huts, all in the midst of a dangerous conflict. Almost half a million soldiers have served in the four years of this war, but each story is a unique version of what it is like to serve in war, and to survive it. Such narratives should be at the center of the national dialogue on the war.

Contents:

9/11 and the invasion of Iraq

Jason Richardson, Navy : a "nuke" on the USS Truman

Nathan Hollway, Air Force : air support in Qatar

Arthur Schoenfeld, Marine Corps : the invasion of Iraq

Andre Queiroga, Marine Corps : president Bush's plan for Iraq

Richard Riley, Army National Guard : destroying Iraq

Pablo Rodriguez, Air Force Reserve : guarding Baghdad airport

Winning hearts and minds

Peter Granato, Army Reserve : the prisoners of camp Bucca

Nathan Murphy, Marine Corps Reserve : to shoot or not to shoot?

Andrew Mcconnell, Army : reconstruction and local politics

David Vacchi, Army : an officer's view of the war

Benjamin Flanders, Army National Guard : who are the insurgents?

Solomon Black, Marine Corps : fighting in Haditha and Falluja

Boots on the ground

Ben Shriber, Army Reserve : stuck in Kuwait

Nicolas Morton, Army Reserve : pulling security in Baghdad

Jeff Peddar, Marine Corps Reserve : working on the al-Asad air base

Russell Anderson, Army Reserve : a first sergeant and his troops

Michael Lawrence, Army Reserve : a training sergeant and his unit

Women in the war zone

Tanya Karst, Navy : launching tomahawks from our destroyer

Danielle Morin, Army Reserve : men and women in the army

Lydia Rodriguez, Army National Guard : a mother goes to war

Shannon Kennedy, Army Reserve : making Iraqi friends

Leslie Ramonas, Army Reserve : losing another woman

War's lasting impact

Jaime Perez, Army Reserve : counseling combat troops

Dan Moriarty, Army Reserve : treating soldiers with PTSD

Travis Jones, Army National Guard : counseling returning veterans

Andrew Simkewicz, Army : helping veterans impacted by war

Scott Palmer, Army : "it is an inner struggle"

Jon Zagami, Army Reserve : "my body is falling apart"

The ultimate loss

Alexander Arredondo, Marine Corps, Kia 2004

Carlos and Merida Arredondo, parents : fighting to end the war

Jeffrey Lucey, Marine Corps Reserve, d. 2004

Kevin and Joyce Lucey, parents : Jeff's PTSD and suicide.

ISBN:

9781566566933

1566566932

OCLC:

145396703