Operation homecoming
Subtitle: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the words of U.S. troops and their families
By: edited by Andrew Carroll ; preface by Dana Gioia
Contributors: National Endowment for the Arts
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781400065622
Subjects: Families of military personnel; American Personal narratives; Bürgerkrieg; Irakkrieg; Afghan War, 2001-; Iraq War, 2003-
Description: Eyewitness accounts, private journals, short stories, and other writings by U.S. troops and their families.
Notes: Includes indexes.

"National Endowment for the Arts."
Table of contents: title: And now it begins: heading into combat; title: Hearts and minds: interactions with Afghans and Iraqis; title: Stuck in this sandbox: gripes, humor, boredom, and the daily grind; title: Worlds apart: life on the home front; title: This is not a game: the physical and emotional toll of war; title: Home: returning to the United States.