War is-- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war
Title:
War is-- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war
Author:
Aronson, Marc.
Edition:
First paperback edition.
Publication Information:
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
©2008
Physical Description:
277 pages ; 18 cm
General Note:
An anthology of fiction, speeches, poems, and essays about war.
Language:
English
Contents:
What I believe about war: War is ...? -- People like war -- Deciding about war: Dead Marine becomes lesson for students -- Letter to a young enlistee -- Recruitment minefield -- Moment of combat -- Thou shalt not kill -- War prayer -- Masters of war -- Experiencing war: Letters from "over there", 1919 -- In the front lines -- Memories of Vietnam -- Letters from Vietnam -- Women at war: what it is like to be a female soldier in Iraq -- Wordsmith at war -- In order to see beauty in life, I had to see hell -- Tough -- Survivor's tale -- Aftermath of war: Killing flies -- Heads.
ISBN:
9780763642310
9780763636258
Format :
Book
