The Mirror Test : America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan / J. Kael Weston.
"In a powerfully written firsthand account of the human costs of conflict, the author challenges Americans to address hard questions about America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,"--NoveList. A powerfully written firsthand account of the human costs of conflict. J. Kael Weston spent seven years on th...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 585 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Prologue: Twentynine Palms, California
- Part I. The wrong war. Quagmire ; Friends and enemies ; Phantom fury or new dawn? ; Happy birthday ; The potato factory ; Clear, hold, build ; Helo down ; Collaboration ; KIA in Mayberry ; When senators and generals talk ; Sara al-Jumaili and the last Grand Mufti ; A farewell to Fallujah ; The 93 ; To Monument Valley
- Part II. The right war. Deeper into the Muslim world ; Dilawar of Yakubi ; Khost U. ; A handshake, or two ; Reformed Taliban ; The ego has landed ; Life after Guantánamo ; The dead of Sabari District ; The commander and the top student ; Jackpots and dryholes ; Motor City ; Escalation ; Our British friends ; Ask & tell ; A dignified transfer and the 91
- Part III. Home. To Cherokee, Iowa ; To Menard, Texas ; The parade ; Semper fido and the Sierras ; Operation Mend ; The Spirit of America ; The library ; A museum of war ; Nick's home ; The Mall of America
- Epilogue: New York City ; After war ; A soldier's war journal ; 31 angels.