7%OFF
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story
Jones Ann
€ 18.99
€ 17.67
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story
paperback.
The cost of war is unforgivably high, but many forget that those who pay the ultimate price rarely receive the medical and psychological care they need upon return home. As America's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan continues to drive on, it's time to expose the traumas faced by American soldiers. Ann Jones shows the dead, wounded, mutilated, brain-damaged, drug-addicted, suicidal, homicidal casualties of our distant wars, taking us on a stunning journey from the devastating moment an American soldier is first wounded in rural Afghanistan to the return home.
The cost of war is unforgivably high, but many forget that those who pay the ultimate price rarely receive the medical and psychological care they need upon return home. As America's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan continues to drive on, it's time to expose the traumas faced by American soldiers. Ann Jones shows the dead, wounded, mutilated, brain-damaged, drug-addicted, suicidal, homicidal casualties of our distant wars, taking us on a stunning journey from the devastating moment an American soldier is first wounded in rural Afghanistan to the return home.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781608463718
SKU
V9781608463718
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story
“Read this unsparing, scathingly direct, and gut-wrenching account — the war Washington doesn’t want you to see. Then see if you still believe that Americans ‘support the troops.’” —Andrew J. Bacevich, author of Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country “An indispensable book about America’s current wars and the multiple ways they continue to wound not ... Read more