Kategoria BISAC: History >> Military - Veterans

Because so few Americans have served in the military since 9/11--or even know anyone who has--many look to the media for information about veterans and military service. Popular news outlets, however, traffic in tragedy and often paint those who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan with one of three broad brushes: as superhuman; as broken, disabled, and traumatized; or as dangerous, ticking time bombs.

See Me for Who I Am aims to undermine these stereotypes. It brings together twenty young student veterans working to bridge the media-created gap that divides them from the...

Due to the mechanical typewriter and the Linotype machine, printed materials during the World War I era were produced quickly and widely distributed. In a time without media other than those on paper, printed materials like newspapers, magazines, books, letters, and army orders were critical for communication. This book examines the range of documents written during World War I or within a few years of the end of the conflict to reveal the experiences of the doughboys who participated in "the war to end all wars."

Through documents such as military communications, newspaper...

As Lanning points out, "anytime Aggie Vietnam veterans get together--whether it is two or two...

The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen-hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden and Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.

"'It doesn't get better.' To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name...

The Korea and Vietnam conflicts arose because the United States attempted to stem the tide of communism in Southeast Asia. While the Korean conflict, technically, a police action, ended in stalemate with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement, the war in Vietnam ended with the United States' unilateral withdrawal, resulting in both a military defeat and a national moral crisis.
Not since our failed military invasions into Canada in the War of 1812 had Americans found themselves questioning their nation's leadership. To many, our military involvement in Vietnam came at...

Kissing The Tarmac is unlike most Vietnam War memoirs. James Hansen's story is focused on both the development and resolution of Post Traumatic Stress Order. The story is told in a unique manner, describing his war experiences along with passages from his daily journal and the author's letters he wrote home during his tour of duty. This style creates a window into the author's thought processes. Horrific events are revealed that he tried to put behind him. The reader comes to understand why the road to his recovery, like so many others with PTSD, was long and...