{"product_id":"quagmire-personal-stories-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-paperback","title":"Quagmire: Personal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePhil Beidler\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQuagmire\u003c\/i\u003e you'll find a range of voices--men and women, military and civilian--and a range of perspectives from the homeland, the combat zone, and war's aftermath. These personal responses to war in Iraq and Afghanistan have been selected from \u003ci\u003eWar, Literature \u0026amp; the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e to mark the thirtieth anniversary of its inaugural publication. The responses cover approximately fifteen years of the United States' conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and demonstrate the aftermath of war and the degreed ripples that extend beyond soldiers to families and friends, lovers, hometowns, even pets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As citizens, Pablo Neruda advised, we have an obligation to \"come and see the blood in the streets.\" To ignore what we do in war and what war does to us is to move willfully toward ignorance. To ignore such reminders imperils ourselves, our communities, and our nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English and writer in residence at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he edits \u003ci\u003eWar, Literature \u0026amp; the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGathering Noise from My Life: A Camouflaged Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eWhen War Becomes Personal: Soldiers' Accounts from the Civil War to Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610682449964,"sku":"9781640124523","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/quagmire-personal-stories-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}