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Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out against the War
Matthew C. Gutmann
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Description for Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out against the War
Paperback. Offers a personal perspective to the war in Iraq by looking into the lives of six veterans who turned against the war they helped to fight. Based on interviews with each of the six, this book relates why they enlisted, their experiences in training and in early missions, their tours of combat, and what has happened to them since returning home. Num Pages: 234 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
"Breaking Ranks" brings a new and deeply personal perspective to the war in Iraq by looking into the lives of six veterans who turned against the war they helped to fight. Based on extensive interviews with each of the six, the book relates why they enlisted, their experiences in training and in early missions, their tours of combat, and what has happened to them since returning home. The compelling stories of this diverse cross section of the military recount how each journey to Iraq began with the sincere desire to do good. Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Anne Lutz show how ... Read more
"Breaking Ranks" brings a new and deeply personal perspective to the war in Iraq by looking into the lives of six veterans who turned against the war they helped to fight. Based on extensive interviews with each of the six, the book relates why they enlisted, their experiences in training and in early missions, their tours of combat, and what has happened to them since returning home. The compelling stories of this diverse cross section of the military recount how each journey to Iraq began with the sincere desire to do good. Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Anne Lutz show how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520266384
SKU
V9780520266384
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About Matthew C. Gutmann
Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Lutz are Professors of Anthropology at Brown University. Matthew Gutmann is the author of The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City; The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico; and Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico, all from UC Press. Catherine Lutz is the author of Homefront: A Military ... Read more
Reviews for Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out against the War
"The book is noteworthy for capturing the multifaceted nature of veterans' experiences and performs a valuable service by providing a vehicle for the circulation of dissenting voices within the military."
JoonHyun Michael Choi
American Anthropologist
JoonHyun Michael Choi
American Anthropologist