Full Description
In Quagmire 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 War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities 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.
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.
Contents
Foreword by Philip Beidler
When War Becomes Personal: A Prologue: Donald Anderson
Things to Pack When You're Bound for Baghdad: Jason Armagost
Safety: Rebecca Kanner
Allawi : Patrick Mondaca
Scars: Nolan Peterson
War College: Teri Carter
The Colonel's Bicycle: Jordan Hayes
Phalanx: Gerardo Mena
A Promise to Keep: J. Malcolm Garcia
Service with a Smile : Bobby Briggs
The Man I Killed: Brian Duchaney
Free-Falling Soldier: Alyssa Martino
A Sliver of Blue: Paul Van Dyke
Lucky: Nicholas Mercurio
31 North 64 East: Matthew KomatsuForeword by Philip Beidler
When War Becomes Personal: A Prologue / Donald Anderson
Things to Pack When You're Bound for Baghdad / Jason Armagost
Safety / Rebecca Kanner
Allawi / Patrick Mondaca
Scars / Nolan Peterson
War College / Teri Carter
The Colonel's Bicycle / Jordan Hayes
Phalanx / Gerardo Mena
A Promise to Keep / J. Malcolm Garcia
Service with a Smile / Bobby Briggs
The Man I Killed / Brian Duchaney
Free-Falling Soldier / Alyssa Martino
A Sliver of Blue / Paul Van Dyke
Lucky / Nicholas Mercurio
31 North 64 East / Matthew Komatsu
The Long Goodbye / Thomas Simko
What Happened Yesterday in Baghdad / R. B. Moreno
Zeh Mutaasif Yum / Micah Fields
Chai Party / Jonathan Burgess
A Bridge to Nowhere / Jason Arment
Wilderness / Benjamin Busch
Warplay / Brian Lance
The Gift of Our Attention: An Epilogue / John Whittier-Ferguson
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