{"product_id":"after-combat-true-war-stories-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-paperback","title":"After Combat: True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarian Eide\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Gibler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproximately 2.5 million men and women have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the U.S. War on Terror. Marian Eide and Michael Gibler have collected and compiled personal combat accounts from some of these war veterans. In modern warfare no deployment meets the expectations laid down by stories of Appomattox, Ypres, Iwo Jima, or Tet. Stuck behind a desk or the wheel of a truck, many of today's veterans feel they haven't even been to war, though they may have listened to mortars in the night or dodged improvised explosive devices during the day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Combat\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the gap between sensationalized media and reality by telling war's unvarnished stories. Soldiers, sailors, marines, and air force personnel (retired, on leave, or at the beginning of military careers) describe combat in the ways they believe it should be understood. In this collection of interviews, veterans speak anonymously with pride about their own strengths and accomplishments, with gratitude for friendships and adventures, and also with shame, regret, and grief, while braving controversy, misunderstanding, and sanction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the accounts of these veterans, Eide and Gibler seek to present what Vietnam veteran and writer Tim O'Brien calls a \"true war story\"--one without obvious purpose or moral imputation and independent of civilian logic, propaganda goals, and even peacetime convention.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarian Eide\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Texas A\u0026amp;M University. Her research and teaching address twentieth-century and contemporary narrative with a particular focus on ethics and war. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEthical Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMichael Gibler\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired colonel and served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army for twenty-eight years and is now an assistant professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. His assignments included airborne, air assault, and light and Stryker infantry units; he participated in Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield\/Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45653751267430,"sku":"9781640125438","price":29.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ay9leEpyM0J1djZMelFYZzdGUzBxUT09.webp?v=1779565830","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/after-combat-true-war-stories-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}