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The tender soldier : a true story of war and sacrifice / Vanessa M. Gezari.
Van Pelt Library DS371.4123 .M35 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gezari, Vanessa M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns--Afghanistan--De Maywand Kārīz.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Loyd, Paula.
- United States. Army. Human Terrain System.
- United States.
- Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--De Maywand Kārīz.
- Counterinsurgency.
- Applied anthropology--Afghanistan.
- Applied anthropology.
- Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- Social sciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--De Maywand Kārīz.
- Cooper, Clint.
- Ayala, Don.
- Applied anthropology--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Social sciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Social sciences.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 347 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
- Summary:
- Part of the Pentagon's most daring and controversial attempt since Vietnam to bring social science to the Afghanistan battlefield, three tough-minded American civilians find their humanity tested and their lives forever changed by this little-known mission.
- Contents:
- Election day
- What you don't know will kill you
- The tender soldier
- Maiwand
- The anthropology of us and them
- Hearts and minds
- Crime and punishment
- Good intentions
- The devil you don't know.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-327) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439177396
- 1439177392
- OCLC:
- 827119672
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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