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Operation homecoming : Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the words of U.S. troops and their families
- Title
- Operation homecoming : Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the words of U.S. troops and their families / preface by Dana Gioia ; edited by Andrew Carroll.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- Updated ed.
- Published
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Description
- xxviii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- URL
- <Table of contents> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048835.html <Contributor biographical information> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007048835-b.html <Publisher description> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007048835-d.html
- Other contributors
- Carroll, Andrew. Gioia, Dana.
- Notes
- Includes index. "National Endowment for the Arts", ahead of main-entry on title page. SBEND: Hammes Veterans Book Club
- Contents
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- Preface by Dana Gioia
- Introduction by Andrew Carroll
- And now it begins : heading into combat
- Hearts and minds : interactions with Afghans and Iraqis
- Stuck in this sandbox : gripes, humor, boredom, and the daily grind
- Worlds apart : life on the home front
- This is not a game : the physical and emotional toll of war
- Home : returning to the United States
- Acknowledgments.
- Subject headings
- Families of military personnel--United States. Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American. Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American.
- Genre heading
- Personal narratives American.
- ISBN
- 9780226094991 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226094995 (pbk. : alk. paper)