After combat : true war stories from Iraq and Afghanistan /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eide, Marian (Author), Gibler, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Table of 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?"