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After Combat True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan / Marian Eide and Michael Gibler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eide, Marian, author.
- Gibler, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Veterans--United States.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Veterans--United States.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Veterans--United States--Biography.
- Veterans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- [Lincoln, Neb.] : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "After Combat introduces readers to the wars fought by Millennials from the perspective of the combatants. Told by veterans, After Combat narrates what Tim O'Brien calls a "true war story:" one without obvious purpose or moral imputation, independent of civilian logic, propaganda goals, and even peacetime convention"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Enlist/commission
- Mission
- Every other day
- In country
- The best job I ever had
- Explosion
- Low points
- Close call
- Combat
- Comrades
- Chain of command
- Did you kill anyone
- Enemies
- Homecoming
- Loss
- Nostalgia
- Struggling
- Thank you for your service
- War stories
- "Why are we so out of synch with the civilian population that we, in theory, serve?"
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-64012-106-4
- 1-64012-108-0
- OCLC:
- 1043948134
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