{"product_id":"quagmire-personal-stories-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-paperback-softback-9781640124523","title":"Quagmire; Personal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan (Paperback \/ softback) 9781640124523","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQuagmire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePersonal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald Anderson (Edited by), Phil Beidler (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640124523\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.392 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Anderson has done a great service by collecting these personal narratives and weaving them into an excellent overall story of the American experience in Afghanistan and Iraq. \u003ci\u003eQuagmire \u003c\/i\u003eis not just a top-notch book but an impactful historical experience as well.\"-Matthew Brand, H-War\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“The breadth and range of work collected in \u003ci\u003eQuagmire\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable chronicling not only of war but of art.”-Elliot Ackerman, author of \u003ci\u003ePlaces and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eQuagmire\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable anthology of the U.S. military’s experience of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The voices are diverse: we hear not only from servicepeople but their loved ones, as well as journalists and Iraqi and Afghan civilians and soldiers, all delivering their immediate and often unvarnished accounts of loyalty, duty, valor, regret, guilt, and fear. But it is the quagmire of ambiguity and complexity that enlightens and compels the reader. . . . Many of these are stories that the tellers feel they should not or cannot share because the world will not listen. But the tellers break the taboo of trauma anyway-they make us listen with their generosity and artistry-and in so doing they offer healing to us all.”-Dan O’Brien, author of \u003ci\u003eWar Reporte\u003c\/i\u003er and \u003ci\u003eThe Body of an American\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"In the new book, \u003ci\u003eQuagmire\u003c\/i\u003e, you will find a range of voices who took part in the war-men and women, military and civilian-and their recollections of the war from the viewpoints of the homeland, the combat zone, and the aftermath of the battle.\"-Jason Schott, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQuagmire\u003c\/i\u003e you’ll find a range of voices-men and women, military and civilian-and a range of perspectives from the homeland, the combat zone, and war’s aftermath. These personal responses to war in Iraq and Afghanistan have been selected from \u003ci\u003eWar, Literature \u0026amp; the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e to mark the thirtieth anniversary of its inaugural publication. The responses cover approximately fifteen years of the United States’ conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and demonstrate the aftermath of war and the degreed ripples that extend beyond soldiers to families and friends, lovers, hometowns, even pets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As citizens, Pablo Neruda advised, we have an obligation to “come and see the blood in the streets.” To ignore what we do in war and what war does to us is to move willfully toward ignorance. To ignore such reminders imperils ourselves, our communities, and our nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Philip Beidler\u003cbr\u003e When War Becomes Personal: A Prologue: Donald Anderson\u003cbr\u003e Things to Pack When You’\u003cbr\u003ere Bound for Baghdad: Jason Armagost\u003cbr\u003e Safety: Rebecca Kanner\u003cbr\u003e Allawi : Patrick Mondaca\u003cbr\u003e Scars: Nolan Peterson\u003cbr\u003e War College: Teri Carter\u003cbr\u003e The Colonel’\u003cbr\u003es Bicycle: Jordan Hayes\u003cbr\u003e Phalanx: Gerardo Mena\u003cbr\u003e A Promise to Keep: J. Malcolm Garcia\u003cbr\u003e Service with a Smile : Bobby Briggs\u003cbr\u003e The Man I Killed: Brian Duchaney\u003cbr\u003e Free-Falling Soldier: Alyssa Martino\u003cbr\u003e A Sliver of Blue: Paul Van Dyke\u003cbr\u003e Lucky: Nicholas Mercurio\u003cbr\u003e 31 North 64 East: Matthew KomatsuForeword by Philip Beidler\u003cbr\u003e When War Becomes Personal: A Prologue \/ Donald Anderson\u003cbr\u003e Things to Pack When You’\u003cbr\u003ere Bound for Baghdad \/ Jason Armagost\u003cbr\u003e Safety \/ Rebecca Kanner\u003cbr\u003e Allawi \/ Patrick Mondaca\u003cbr\u003e Scars \/ Nolan Peterson\u003cbr\u003e War College \/ Teri Carter\u003cbr\u003e The Colonel’\u003cbr\u003es Bicycle \/ Jordan Hayes\u003cbr\u003e Phalanx \/ Gerardo Mena\u003cbr\u003e A Promise to Keep \/ J. Malcolm Garcia\u003cbr\u003e Service with a Smile \/ Bobby Briggs\u003cbr\u003e The Man I Killed \/ Brian Duchaney\u003cbr\u003e Free-Falling Soldier \/ Alyssa Martino\u003cbr\u003e A Sliver of Blue \/ Paul Van Dyke\u003cbr\u003e Lucky \/ Nicholas Mercurio\u003cbr\u003e 31 North 64 East \/ Matthew Komatsu\u003cbr\u003e The Long Goodbye \/ Thomas Simko\u003cbr\u003e What Happened Yesterday in Baghdad \/ R. B. Moreno\u003cbr\u003e Zeh Mutaasif Yum \/ Micah Fields\u003cbr\u003e Chai Party \/ Jonathan Burgess\u003cbr\u003e A Bridge to Nowhere \/ Jason Arment\u003cbr\u003e Wilderness \/ Benjamin Busch\u003cbr\u003e Warplay \/ Brian Lance\u003cbr\u003e The Gift of Our Attention: An Epilogue \/ John Whittier-Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52745008152856,"sku":"9781640124523","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/quagmire-personal-stories-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-paperback-softback-9781640124523","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}