The Lonely Soldier
The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq
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- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2018
Summary
The Lonely Soldier–the inspiration for the documentary The Invisible War–vividly tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006–and of the challenges they faced while fighting a war painfully alone.More American women have fought and died in Iraq than in any war since World War Two, yet as soldiers they are still painfully alone. In Iraq, only one in ten troops is a woman, and she often serves in a unit with few other women or none at all. This isolation, along wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807061497 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807061492 |
| Author: | Helen Benedict |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Benedict’s book, filled with compelling and heartbreaking stories, is a groundbreaking testament to the bravery, resilience, and almost insurmountable obstacles faced by women stationed in Iraq.—Deirdre Sinnott, ForeWord
“Whether the soldiers’ language is plainspoken or poetic, Helen Benedict’s book gives them a place to tell their stories… . The Lonely Soldier has strong merit as an account of women’s military experience in this long and reckless war.“—Amy Herdy, Ms.
“Benedict’s brilliant and compassionate reporting is neither left nor right—it’s human… . You know these women—they are your mother, sister, cousin, daughter. Their stories of injustice in the U.S. military will tear your guts out.“—Dale Maharidge, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning And Their Children after Them
”The Lonely Soldier will shock you and enrage you and bring you to tears. It’s must reading for everyone who cares about women, justice, fairness, the military, and the United States.“—Katha Pollitt, award-winning columnist, The Nation
“A stunning chronicle of abuses suffered by women enlisted in the U.S. Army and serving in Iraq.“—Los Angeles Times
“It is hard to determine what is most disturbing about this book—the devious and immoral tactics used by leaders and recruiters to get women to join the military, the terrible poverty and personal violence women were escaping that led them to be vulnerable to such manipulation, the raping and harassing of women soldiers by their superiors and comrades once they got to Iraq, or the untreated homelessness, illnesses, and madness that have haunted [these] women since they came home… . A crucial accounting of the shameful war on women who gave their bodies, lives, and souls for their country.“—Eve Ensler, playwright, performer, activist, and author of The Vagina Monologues
About The Author
Helen Benedict
Helen Benedict, a professor of journalism at Columbia University, has written frequently on women, race, and justice. Her books includeVirgin or Vamp- How the Press Covers Sex Crimesand the novelsThe Opposite of Love, The Sailor’s Wife, Bad Angel, andA World Like This. Her work on soldiers won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.
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