What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It
Autor Trish Wood Bobby Mulleren Paperback – noi 2007
The Iraq war officially began on March 20, 2003, and since then more than one million young Americans have rotated through the country's insurgent-infested hot spots. But although stories of dramatic ambushes and attacks dominate the front pages of newspapers, most of us do not truly know what the war is like for the Americans who fight it.
What Was Asked of Ushelps us bridge that gap. The in-depth and intensely probing interviews this book brings together document the soldiers' experiences and darkest secrets, offering a multitude of authentic, unfiltered voices - at times raw and emotional, at other times eloquent and lyrical. These voices walk us through the war, from the successful push to Baghdad, through the erroneous "Mission Accomplished" moment, and into the dangerous, murky present.
"Monumental. . . . Amid the glut of policy debates, and amid the flurry of news reports that add names each day to the lists of the dead, Trish Wood has produced what is perhaps, to date, the only text about Iraq that matter."- San Francisco Chronicle
"An illuminating glimpse of American fighters' experiences in Iraq. . . . There are moments of strange beauty in the soldiers' recollections." -ChicagoTribune
"Stunning . . . chillingly eloquent. . . . Powerful and unflinchingly honest, Wood's book deserves to be a bestseller." -People
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ISBN-13: 9780316016711
ISBN-10: 0316016713
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316016713
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Trish
Wood
is
an
award-winning
investigative
reporter
who
has
been
working
with
veterans
of
the
Iraq
war
for
more
than
two
years.
She
has
been
honored
by
the
Canadian
Association
of
Journalists,
the
Canadian
Science
Writers'
Association,
the
Radio-Television
News
Directors
Association,
the
National
Magazine
Awards,
and
the
New
York
Film
Festival.
Bobby
Muller
was
a
marine
infantry
officer
in
the
Vietnam
War
until
a
bullet
severed
his
spinal
cord
and
left
him
paralyzed
from
the
chest
down.
The
founder
of
the
Vietnam
Veterans
of
America
Foundation,
he
is
an
outspoken
advocate
for
veterans'
rights
and
spearheads
efforts
to
assist
civilian
victims
of
war.
Recently
he
cofounded
Veterans
for
America,
a
new
program
dedicated
to
meeting
the
needs
of
a
new
generation
of
veterans.