{"product_id":"peoples-history-of-the-u-s-military-ordinary-soldiers-reflect-on-their-experience-of-war-from-the-american-revolution-to-afghanistan","title":"People's History of the U.S. Military: Ordinary Soldiers Reflect on Their Experience of War, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePeople's History of the U.S. Military: Ordinary Soldiers Reflect on Their Experience of War, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMichael A Bellesiles\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781595589354\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe New Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eMilitary service can shatter or give meaning to lives-it is rarely a neutral -encounter--and it has resulted in a rich outpouring of personal testimony from the men and women who have literally placed their lives on the line. \"A 'real' love letter to our military [that] will prove enlightening, even galvanizing\" (\u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the U.S. Military\u003c\/i\u003e tells the captivating narratives of common soldiers, sampled from over three centuries of letters, diaries, and memoirs as well as audio recordings, films, and blogs. The often dramatic, sometimes very raw, and always richly textured first-person accounts collected in this book cover a wide range of perspectives, from ardent patriots to disillusioned cynics, barely literate farm boys to urbane college graduates, scions of founding families to recent immigrants, and women disguising themselves as men in order to serve their country to African Americans fighting for their freedom through military service. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraised as \"compact and complete\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), \"an excellent educational tool\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"a useful, unsettling, -bottom-up history of America's wars that emphasizes the soldiers' mistreatment, suffering, and injustice\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the U.S. Military\u003c\/i\u003e has already become a major new touchstone for our understanding of American military service.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The New Press","offers":[{"title":"People's History of the U.S. Military: Ordinary Soldiers Reflect on Their Experience of War, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan | Michael A Bellesiles | Paperback | 9781595589354 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks B 1777373","offer_id":49765829148824,"sku":"1777373","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71XLeU0rz2L.jpg?v=1787970860","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/peoples-history-of-the-u-s-military-ordinary-soldiers-reflect-on-their-experience-of-war-from-the-american-revolution-to-afghanistan","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}