For Love of a Soldier
Interviews with Military Families Taking Action Against the Iraq War
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Lexington Books
Published:11th Jan '08
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For Love of a Soldier contains the stories of 29 people whose family members_spouses, siblings, children_are serving or have served in the American military during the Iraq War. The families tell their stories and explain why they believe that taking action to end American military involvement in Iraq is the best possible way to support the troops who are so dear to them. The passionate and articulate individuals whose interviews make up the body of the book include: spouses and parents of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, a couple with eight children and grandchildren who have served or are currently serving in Iraq, the parents who have formed an organization of anti-war families, parents whose children have been killed or maimed in the war, and parents whose children have committed suicide after returning home from the war.
If you want to know what families experience when their children go off to war, read this book! These are your neighbors—'people just stepping out of their regular lives to make a point.' Listening to them will help put war in its human context, something many in Washington seem incapable of. -- James Skelly, senior fellow at the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College and former US Navy officer who refused to
Family members of soldiers in Iraq speak here—often out of anguish and with breathtaking candor—in hopes that others won't have to, as one puts it, 'know what it's like to have someone [they love] in harm's way for no good reason.' Their moving stories demonstrate what it means to have a personal stake in the outcome of the current administration's war, showing the steps that ordinary Americans have taken to bring an end to the fighting and to bring their loved ones home. -- Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Jane Collins provides those interested in antiwar activism and the recent military operations in Iraq with an insightful, personal account of one portion of the antiwar movement in the United States....For those seeking to gain further insight into current streams of antiwar activism or the effects of military service on loved ones who remain at home, this is also of great value....Collins has created is a wonderful primary source in print for scholars of antiwar activism. * Peace & Change, April 2010 *
For Love of a Soldier collects stories of Americans who love their country and sent their loved ones to fight for it. It is the moving story of the absolute intriguing ordinariness that motivates our loved ones to join the military and fight in far-off lands. But most of all For Love of a Soldier is the pained story of military families who detest the war in Iraq and feel nothing but disdain for our leaders who have taken us into it. This wonderful book should be read by all Americans.... -- Charles B. Strozier, John Jay College, CUNY, John Jay College, CUNY; author of Heinz Kohut: The Making of a Psychoanalyst
For Love of a Soldier collects stories of Americans who love their country and sent their loved ones to fight for it. It is the moving story of the absolute intriguing ordinariness that motivates our loved ones to join the military and fight in far-off lands. But most of all For Love of a Soldier is the pained story of military families who detest the war in Iraq and feel nothing but disdain for our leaders who have taken us into it. This wonderful book should be read by all Americans. -- Charles B. Strozier, professor of history at John Jay College and the Graduate Center at CUNY, author of Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamen
ISBN: 9780739123737
Dimensions: 232mm x 154mm x 17mm
Weight: 345g
226 pages