Those Who Have Borne the Battle
A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them
At the heart of the story of America's wars are our citizen soldiers -- those hometown heroes who fought and sacrificed from Bunker Hill at Charlestown to Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, and beyond, without expectation of recognition or recompense. Americans like to think that the service of its citizen volunteers is, and always has been, of momentous importance in our politics and society. But though this has made for good storytelling, the reality of America's relationship to its veterans is far more complex. In Those Who Have Borne the Battle, historian and marine veteran James Wright tells the story of the long, often troubled relationship bet…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-61039-073-6
- EAN: 9781610390736
- Produktnummer: 22912065
- Verlag: PublicAffairs
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 527 KB
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The son of a World War II veteran, James Wright joined the marines at age seventeen and served for three years, primarily with the First Marine Brigade in Hawaii and Japan. He earned a PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, became a history professor at Dartmouth College in 1969, and served as president of Dartmouth from 1998 to 2009. Since 2005 he has visited military hospitals over two dozen times and has worked to establish educational counseling programs for wounded veterans, efforts featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, ABC World News, and VFW Magazine, and recognized by educational, veteran, and service organizations. He and his wife, Susan, live in New Hampshire.
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