| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxxiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
"What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget? Award-winning journalist and author Kevin Sites asks these difficult questions of eleven soldiers and marines, who--by sharing the truth about their wars--display a rare courage that transcends battlefield heroics. For each of these men, many of whom Sites first met while in Afghanistan and Iraq, the truth means something different. One struggles to recover from a head injury he believes has stolen his ability to love; another attempts to make amends for the killing of an innocent man; yet another finds respect for the enemy fighter who tried to kill him. Sites also shares the unsettling narrative of his own failures during war--including his complicity in a murder--and the redemptive powers of storytelling that saved him from a self-destructive downward spiral"--Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. The killing business: what's it like to kill in war? -- pt. 2. The wounds of war: what's it like to be shot, bombed or burned in combat? -- pt. 3. Things that stain the soul: what can never be forgotten -- pt. 4. Deadly honest mistakes: what's it like to kill your own men or civilians? -- pt. 5. Moral ambiguities: how do you know what's right? |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Personal narratives.
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Soldiers. |
| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| Subject |
Military history, Modern -- 21st century.
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Military history, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Atrocities -- Personal narratives.
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Atrocities. |
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| ISBN |
9780061990526 paperback |
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0061990523 paperback |
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