Tender Soldier A True Story of War and Sacrifice

Name: Tender Soldier A True Story of War and Sacrifice
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ISBN: 9781439177402

ISBN-10: 1439177406

ISBN-13: 9781439177402

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Authors: Vanessa M. Gezari

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A “sharp-eyed look at the complexities of war” (Parade), that explores the inner workings of the Human Terrain System, a Pentagon program that sends civilian social scientists into war zones to help soldiers understand local culture.On the day Barack Obama was elected president in November 2008, a small group of American civilians took their optimism and experience to a village west of Kandahar, Afghanistan. They were part of the Pentagon’s controversial attempt to bring social science to the battlefield, driven by the notion that you can’t win a war if you don’t understand the enemy and his culture. The field team in Afghanistan that day included an intrepid Texas blonde, a former…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/12/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Vanessa M. Gezari teaches narrative nonfiction and war reporting at the University of Michigan. She has written for The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, and others. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.