The Fighters: Americans In Combat

The Fighters: Americans In Combat

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * â€œA CLASSIC OF WAR REPORTINGâ€¦THERE IS NO DOWNTIME IN THIS RELENTLESS BOOK.â€â€”The New York Times * â€œREMARKABLEâ€¦A MEMORIAL IN PAGES.â€â€”The Washington Post * â€œGRIPPING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING.â€â€”USA Today * â€œEVOCATIVE.â€â€”Publishers Weekly, (Starred Review) * â€œIT JOINS THE BEST WAR LITERATURE THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED.â€â€”Sebastian Junger, bestselling author of Tribe and War

Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chiversâ€™s unvarnished New York Times bestseller is a chronicle of modern combat, told through the eyes of the fighters who have waged Americaâ€™s longest wars: â€œA classic of war reportingâ€¦there is no downtime in this relentless bookâ€ (The New York Times).

More than 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001, and C.J. Chivers reported on both wars from their beginnings. The Fighters vividly conveys the physical and emotional experience of war as lived by six combatants: a fighter pilot, a corpsman, a scout helicopter pilot, a grunt, an infantry officer, and a Special Forces sergeant.

Chivers captures their courage, commitment, sense of purpose, and ultimately their suffering, frustration, and moral confusion as new enemies arise and invasions give way to counterinsurgency duties for which American forces were often not prepared.

The Fighters is a â€œgripping, unforgettableâ€ (The Boston Globe) portrait of modern warfare. Told with the empathy and understanding of an author who is himself an infantry veteran, The Fighters is â€œa masterful work of atmospheric reporting, and itâ€™s a book that will have every reader askingâ€”with varying degrees of urgency or anger or despairâ€”the final question Chivers himself asks: â€˜How many lives had these wars wrecked?â€™â€ (Christian Science Monitor).
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-08-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-08-14
Format	Kindle eBook

The Fighters: Americans In Combat

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