Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq

Type

Book

Authors

Kirsten Holmstedt

ISBN 10

0811735664

ISBN 13

9780811735667

Tags

History, Psychology, Trauma, Nonfiction, Feminism/Feminist Thought, Militarism

Description

Now available in paperbackWinner of the 2007 American Authors Association Golden Quill AwardWinner of the 2007 Military Writers Society of America Founder's AwardIn Iraq, the front lines are everywhere - and everywhere in Iraq, no matter what their job descriptions say, women in the U.S. military are fighting--more than 155,000 of them. A critical and commercial success in hardcover, Band of Sisters presents a dozen groundbreaking and often heart-wrenching stories of American women in combat in Iraq, such as the U.S.'s first female pilot to be shot down and survive, the military's first black female pilot in combat, a young turret gunner defending convoys, and a nurse struggling to save lives, including her own. - from Amzon

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