Title:
The things they cannot say : stories soldiers won't tell you about what they've seen, done or failed to do in war
Author:
Sites, Kevin.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial , [2013]
©2013
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary:
Award-winning journalist and author Kevin Sites compiles the accounts of soldiers, Marines, their families and friends, and also shares the unsettling narrative of his own failures during war (including complicity in a murder) and the redemptive powers of storytelling in arresting a spiraling path of self-destruction.--
Language:
English
Contents:
Pt. 1. The killing business: what's it like to kill in war? -- pt. 2. The wounds of war: what's it like to be shot, bombed or burned in combat? -- pt. 3. Things that stain the soul: what can never be forgotten -- pt. 4. Deadly honest mistakes: what's it like to kill your own men or civilians? -- pt. 5. Moral ambiguities: how do you know what's right?
ISBN:
9780061990526
Format :
Book
