Eide, Marian,

After combat : true war stories from Iraq and Afghanistan / Marian Eide and Michael Gibler. - [Lincoln, Neb. : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references.

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?"

"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, and even peacetime convention"--



9781640121089


Veterans--United States--Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Veterans--United States.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Veterans--United States.


Electronic Books.

U52 / .A384 2018