The lonely soldier : the private war of women serving in Iraq

The lonely soldier : the private war of women serving in Iraq /

The Lonely Soldier--the inspiration for the documentary The Invisible War--vividly tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006--and of the challenges they faced while fighting a war painfully alone. More American women have fought and died in Iraq than in any war since W...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Benedict, Helen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, 2009
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Women soldiers > United States > Biography.
Women soldiers > United States > Interviews.
Personal Narrative
Biography
Interview
collective biographies.
interviews.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Interviews.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • BEFORE: From girl to soldier: life before the military
  • They break you down, then build you back up / Mickiela Montoya
  • They told us we were going to be peacekeepers / Jennifer Spranger
  • The assault was just one bad person, but it was a turning point for me / Abbie Pickett
  • These morons are going to get us killed / Terris Dewalt-Johnson
  • This war is full of crazy people / Eli PaintedCrow
  • WAR: It's pretty much just you and your rifle / Spranger, 2003
  • You're just lying there waiting to see who's going to die / Pickett, 2003-04
  • You become hollow, like a robot / PaintedCrow, 2004
  • I wasn't carrying the knife for the enemy, I was carrying it for the guys on my side / Montoya, 2005
  • Mommy, Love you, Don't get killed in Iraq / Dewalt-Johnson, 2005-06
  • AFTER: Coming home
  • Fixing the future
  • Military ranks and organization
  • Where to find help.

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