They Were Soldiers : : how the Wounded Return From America's Wars--The Untold Story
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Secrets: the dead -- Salvage: the wounded -- The new normal -- Stateside: the warriors -- The sacrificial soldier.
A reporter's firsthand, close-up-and-personal look at the impact of our recent wars on America's unlucky soldiers. Here the author shines a light on the dead, wounded, multilated, brain-damaged, drug-addicted, suicidal, homicidal casualties of our distant wars, taking us on a jourmey from the devastating moment an American soldier is first wounded in rural Afghanistan to the return home. -- From back cover.
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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Dispatch Books, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 192 pages ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781608463718 (pbk.)
1608463710 (pbk.)
SUBJECTS
Soldiers -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries -- United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Health aspects.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Health aspects.
Afghan Campaign 2001-
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Military Medicine.
Military Personnel.
Wounds and Injuries.
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.