Surviving Iraq
Subtitle: soldiers' stories
By: by Elise Forbes Tripp.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Olive Branch Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781566566933
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, American; United States -- Armed Forces -- Iraq -- Interviews
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Interviews.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Map of Iraq and Kuwait with US Military Bases; title: Preface recording an oral history of the Iraq War; title: Introduction soldiers' stories of war, return, and loss; title: 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq; title: Jason Richardson, Navy : a "nuke" on the USS Truman; title: Nathan Hollway, Air Force : air support in Qatar; title: Arthur Schoenfeld, Marine Corps : the invasion of Iraq; title: Andre Queiroga, Marine Corps : president Bush's plan for Iraq; title: Richard Riley, Army National Guard : destroying Iraq; title: Pablo Rodriguez, Air Force Reserve : guarding Baghdad airport; title: Winning hearts and minds; title: Peter Granato, Army Reserve : the prisoners of camp Bucca; title: Nathan Murphy, Marine Corps Reserve : to shoot or not to shoot?; title: Andrew Mcconnell, Army : reconstruction and local politics; title: David Vacchi, Army : an officer's view of the war; title: Benjamin Flanders, Army National Guard : who are the insurgents?; title: Solomon Black, Marine Corps : fighting in Haditha and Falluja; title: Boots on the ground; title: Ben Shriber, Army Reserve : stuck in Kuwait; title: Nicolas Morton, Army Reserve : pulling security in Baghdad; title: Jeff Peddar, Marine Corps Reserve : working on the al-Asad air base; title: Russell Anderson, Army Reserve : a first sergeant and his troops; title: Michael Lawrence, Army Reserve : a training sergeant and his unit; title: Women in the war zone; title: Tanya Karst, Navy : launching tomahawks from our destroyer; title: Danielle Morin, Army Reserve : men and women in the army; title: Lydia Rodriguez, Army National Guard : a mother goes to war; title: Shannon Kennedy, Army Reserve : making Iraqi friends; title: Leslie Ramonas, Army Reserve : losing another woman; title: War's lasting impact; title: Jaime Perez, Army Reserve : counseling combat troops; title: Dan Moriarty, Army Reserve : treating soldiers with PTSD; title: Travis Jones, Army National Guard : counseling returning veterans; title: Andrew Simkewicz, Army : helping veterans impacted by war; title: Scott Palmer, Army : "it is an inner struggle"; title: Jon Zagami, Army Reserve : "my body is falling apart"; title: The ultimate loss; title: Alexander Arredondo, Marine Corps, Kia 2004; title: Carlos and Merida Arredondo, parents : fighting to end the war; title: Jeffrey Lucey, Marine Corps Reserve, d. 2004; title: Kevin and Joyce Lucey, parents : Jeff's PTSD and suicide.