The Resource The fighters : Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, C.J. Chivers
The fighters : Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, C.J. Chivers
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- Summary
- "Unflinching, insightful, and humane. I can think of no other book that takes as its charge so ambitious a goal: to take the full measure of America's wars in this new century. A landmark work."--Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm's Way. Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers' unvarnished account of modern combat, told through the eyes of the fighters who have waged America's longest wars. More than 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers reported from both wars from their beginnings. The Fighters vividly conveys the physical and emotional experience of war as lived by six combatants: a fighter pilot, a corpsman, a scout helicopter pilot, a grunt, an infantry officer, and a Special Forces sergeant. Chivers captures their courage, commitment, sense of purpose, and ultimately their suffering, frustration, and moral confusion as new enemies arise and invasions give way to counterinsurgency duties for which American forces were often not prepared. The Fighters is a tour de force, a portrait of modern warfare that parts from slogans to do for American troops what Stephen Ambrose did for the G.I.s of World War II and Michael Herr for the grunts in Vietnam. Told with the empathy and understanding of an author who is himself an infantry veteran, The Fighters presents the long arc of two wars
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (13 hr., 49 min., 18 sec.))
- Isbn
- 9781508260936
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- Label
- The fighters : Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Title
- The fighters
- Title remainder
- Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Statement of responsibility
- C.J. Chivers
- Subject
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- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
- Armed Forces
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Biography
- Downloadable audio books
- Iraq
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American
- Personal narratives -- American
- Soldiers
- 2003-2011
- United States
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Afghan War (2001-)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Unflinching, insightful, and humane. I can think of no other book that takes as its charge so ambitious a goal: to take the full measure of America's wars in this new century. A landmark work."--Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm's Way. Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers' unvarnished account of modern combat, told through the eyes of the fighters who have waged America's longest wars. More than 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers reported from both wars from their beginnings. The Fighters vividly conveys the physical and emotional experience of war as lived by six combatants: a fighter pilot, a corpsman, a scout helicopter pilot, a grunt, an infantry officer, and a Special Forces sergeant. Chivers captures their courage, commitment, sense of purpose, and ultimately their suffering, frustration, and moral confusion as new enemies arise and invasions give way to counterinsurgency duties for which American forces were often not prepared. The Fighters is a tour de force, a portrait of modern warfare that parts from slogans to do for American troops what Stephen Ambrose did for the G.I.s of World War II and Michael Herr for the grunts in Vietnam. Told with the empathy and understanding of an author who is himself an infantry veteran, The Fighters presents the long arc of two wars
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- Chivers, C. J.
- Dewey number
- 956.7044/34092313
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- LC call number
- U52
- LC item number
- .C55 2018ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- history
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- PerformerNote
- Read by Scott Brick
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- Brick, Scott
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- Afghan War (2001-)
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Soldiers
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Armed Forces
- Soldiers
- United States
- Iraq
- United States
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- Label
- The fighters : Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, C.J. Chivers
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- Unabridged.
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- online
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- 9781508260936
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Subject
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
- Armed Forces
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Biography
- Downloadable audio books
- Iraq
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American
- Personal narratives -- American
- Soldiers
- 2003-2011
- United States
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Afghan War (2001-)
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