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Here is what you will not find in the newsthe personal cost of war written as clear and beautiful as literature worthy of the name is. These stories are the real thing, passionate, imaginative, searing. Richard Bausch, author of Wives & Lovers The first book of its kind, Operation Homecoming is the result of a major initiative launched by the National Endowment for the Arts to bring distinguished writers to military bases and inspire U.S. Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen and their families to record their wartime experiences. Encouraged by such authors as Tom Clancy, Mark Bowden, Bobbie Ann Mason, Tobias Wolff, Jeff Shaara, and Marilyn Nelson, American military personnel and their loved ones wrote candidly about what they saw, heard, and felt while in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as on the home front. Taken together, these almost one hundred never-before-published eyewitness accounts, private journals, short stories, letters, and other personal writings become a dramatic narrative that shows the human side of warfare. the fear and exhilaration of heading into battle; the interactions between U.S. forces and Afghans and Iraqis, both as enemies and friends; the boredom, gripes

Author

Carroll, Andrew; National Endowment for the Arts

Publisher

New York : Random House

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781588365712

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.29 / 5 (155 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13