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The Tender Soldier: A True Story of War and Sacrifice by Vanessa M. Gezari
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- ISBN
- 9781439177402
- Book Title
- Tender Soldier : a True Story of War and Sacrifice
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Social Science, History
- Topic
- Sociology / General, Military / General, Revolutionary, Military / United States, Military / Afghan War (2001-), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Research, Anthropology / General, Middle East / General
- Item Weight
- 13.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1439177406
ISBN-13
9781439177402
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Tender Soldier : a True Story of War and Sacrifice
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Military / General, Revolutionary, Military / United States, Military / Afghan War (2001-), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Research, Anthropology / General, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
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With a journalist's discerning eye for nuance, Gezari brings readers into [a] controversial gray area, framed within the larger, just as murky, context that has come to define the distant wars in Iraq and Afghanistan….Gezari's writing stands apart from other depictions of our post-9/11 wars….Her book exemplifies the persistence of a war-wise reporter who filed from frontline locations, seeking out sources in sketchy areas, often unescorted by U.S. military personnel….The book's main subject and its author both devoted themselves-like real anthropologists-to listening, recording, and understanding the stories of the 'other.' Iraqis and Afghans have more in common with us than we might think., The story running through the heart of The Tender Soldier is a searing reminder that wars may be waged with good intentions, but they are built upon tragedy. Vanessa Gezari explores this grim paradox with an admirable lucidity and a sharp eye for the kind of telling detail that make her account of the U.S. war in Afghanistan a moving, unforgettable read., The Tender Soldier takes readers on an eloquent journey back through one tragic American death in Afghanistan. But its larger point is a hard-fisted critique of the U.S. military's chronic inability to understand the larger world in which it operates. It is a book worth memorizing, and repeating to U.S. decision-makers, when the next Iraq or Afghanistan presents itself--as it surely will., Part history, part war story, part critique, Gezari writes with a stonecutter's brilliance, snapping into focus a part of the world, and a chapter in American history, that we don't fully comprehend. Citizens will read The Tender Soldier in a few nights and come away feeling smarter and enriched. This is brilliant reading and is a kind of road map by which to understand other wars, and other news reports breaking daily around us., With a journalist's discerning eye for nuance, Gezari brings readers into [a] controversial gray area, framed within the larger, just as murky, context that has come to define the distant wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....Gezari's writing stands apart from other depictions of our post-9/11 wars....Her book exemplifies the persistence of a war-wise reporter who filed from frontline locations, seeking out sources in sketchy areas, often unescorted by U.S. military personnel....The book's main subject and its author both devoted themselves-like real anthropologists-to listening, recording, and understanding the stories of the 'other.' Iraqis and Afghans have more in common with us than we might think., Bravely reported and beautifully told, The Tender Soldier is a crushing story of good intentions and war. Vanessa Gezari is an unflinching journalist, and she has written a great, angering, and heartbreaking book that in its many layers is as damning as it is honorable., As Neil Sheehan's Bright Shining Lie did with Vietnam, Ms. Gezari's deft if less sweeping narrative dissects the hopes, hubris and shortcomings of America's efforts to nation-build in Afghanistan while fighting a war there…. It is a testament to the book's strengths that it left me wanting more…. Ms. Gezari's book powerfully humanizes the ways the counterinsurgency effort played out in Afghanistan., Insightful....Gezari delivers a gripping report on another of America's painful, surprisingly difficult efforts to win hearts and minds., With a journalist's discerning eye for nuance, Gezari brings readers into [a] controversial gray area, framed within the larger, just as murky, context that has come to define the distant wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....Gezari's writing stands apart from other depictions of our post-9/11 wars....Her book exemplifies the persistence of a war-wise reporter who filed from frontline locations, seeking out sources in sketchy areas, often unescorted by U.S. military personnel....The book's main subject and its author both devoted themselves--like real anthropologists--to listening, recording, and understanding the stories of the 'other.' Iraqis and Afghans have more in common with us than we might think., Readers get a sobering feel for the difficult task of waging a war on foreign soil, as well as the travails of hardworking and often brilliant individuals struggling to change enormous political and social systems for the better. Nuanced, readable, and utterly engrossing, Gezari's expos is a revelatory and unique look at the war in Afghanistan., Readers get a sobering feel for the difficult task of waging a war on foreign soil, as well as the travails of hardworking and often brilliant individuals struggling to change enormous political and social systems for the better. Nuanced, readable, and utterly engrossing, Gezari's exposé is a revelatory and unique look at the war in Afghanistan., The Tender Soldier takes readers on an eloquent journey back through one tragic American death in Afghanistan. But its larger point is a hard-fisted critique of the U.S. military's chronic inability to understand the larger world in which it operates. It is a book worth memorizing, and repeating to U.S. decision-makers, when the next Iraq or Afghanistan presents itself-as it surely will., As Neil Sheehan's Bright Shining Lie did with Vietnam, Ms. Gezari's deft if less sweeping narrative dissects the hopes, hubris and shortcomings of America's efforts to nation-build in Afghanistan while fighting a war there.... It is a testament to the book's strengths that it left me wanting more.... Ms. Gezari's book powerfully humanizes the ways the counterinsurgency effort played out in Afghanistan., Gezari's gripping tale of American idealism gone wrong is vital reading for anyone interested in America's decade of war in Afghanistan. Beautifully told, the book illuminates one of the most interesting and little known programs in recent U.S. military history., Insightful….Gezari delivers a gripping report on another of America's painful, surprisingly difficult efforts to win hearts and minds.
Synopsis
A "sharp-eyed look at the complexities of war" ( Parade ), that explores the inner workings of the Human Terrain System, a Pentagon program that sends civilian social scientists into war zones to help soldiers understand local culture. On the day Barack Obama was elected president in November 2008, a small group of American civilians took their optimism and experience to a village west of Kandahar, Afghanistan. They were part of the Pentagon's controversial attempt to bring social science to the battlefield, driven by the notion that you can't win a war if you don't understand the enemy and his culture. The field team in Afghanistan that day included an intrepid Texas blonde, a former bodyguard for Afghan president Hamid Karzai, and an ex-military intelligence sergeant who had come to Afghanistan to make peace with his troubled past. But not all goes as planned. In this tale of moral suspense, journalist Vanessa Gezari follows these three idealists from the hope that brought them to Afghanistan through the events of the fateful day when one is gravely wounded, an Afghan is dead, and a proponent of cross-cultural engagement is charged with his murder. Through it all, these brave Americans ended up showing the world just how determined they were to get things right, how hard it was to really understand a place like Afghanistan where storytelling has been a major tool of survival, and why all future wars will involve this strange mix of fighting and listening. Vanessa Gezari is the only journalist to have gained access to the lives of people inside this troubled Army program, including the brilliant, ambitious figures who conceived it. This true story of war and sacrifice will upend your ideas about what really went wrong in Afghanistan.
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