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Minefields of the Heart : A Mother's Stories of a Son at War by Diaz, Roman;Diaz, Sue is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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How do combat veterans and their loved ones bridge the divide that war, by its very nature, creates between them? How does someone who has fought in a war come home, especially after a tour of duty marked by near-daily mortar attacks, enemy fire, and roadside bombs? With a journalist's eye and a mother's warmth, Sue Diaz asks these questions as she chronicles the two deployments to Iraq of her son, Sgt. Roman Diaz, from the perspective of the home front. Sergeant Diaz's second deployment put him south of Baghdad in the region aptly termed the Triangle of Death. There his platoon experienced extraordinarily heavy casualties during the height of the Iraqi insurgency. That unit has since become the focus of considerable media attention following events that made headlines in the summer of 2006: an insurgent attack at a remote outpost on three of their own—one killed at the scene, the other two kidnapped, their bodies found days later; and a terrible war crime committed against an Iraqi family by four soldiers from First Platoon. Minefields of the Heart adds a very personal dimension to the larger story of this Bravo Company platoon from the 101st Airborne's 502nd Infantry Regiment,

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Author

Diaz, Roman;Diaz, Sue

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press;Potomac Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781597975636

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

3.89 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14