When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004BRZ2QU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 375 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Inspirational and moving." according to K. Truax. I think it's important for readers to gain greater insight into the valor and service of military women. I appreciate the book and its depiction of women combat veterans. The book now rests on my coffee table; serving as a memoir and important conversational piece. Thank you!. KB said Not a photo album. Maybe I was too quick to order this book, but it is not what I expected. It is more of a 'reading' book and less of a 'photo' book. There are photos, but they are studio-type posed photos, not in-the-field action photos. The articles are intersting, but I guess I just don't have time for all the reading. Anybody know of some good photo books on women miliary?. Riviting first person accounts of women's service in Iraq and Afghanistan Pat Childers I bought this book because the author was speaking at the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project annual luncheon at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC. The book is very well done, great photographs and riveting first person stories of women's service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Browder's remarks at the luncheon highlighted the stories in her book. I would highly recommend this for school and public libraries as well as for anyone interested in military history.
More than in any previous conflict in our history, American women are engaging with the enemy, suffering injuries, and even sacrificing their lives in the line of duty. By coming face-to-face with women veterans, we who are outside that world can begin to get a sense of how the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have impacted their lives and how their stories may ripple out and influence the experiences of all American women. When Janey Comes Marching Home juxtaposes 48 photographs (see accompaning file) by Sascha Pflaeging with oral histories collected by Laura Browder to provide a dramatic portrait of women at war. Serving in a combat zone is an all-encompassing experience that is transformative, life-defining, and difficult to leave behind. Women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, yet in today's wars, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless. Seeing their faces in stunning color portraits and reading what they have to say about loss, comradeship, conflict, and hard choices will change the ways we think about women and war. Women from all five branches of the military share their stories here - stories that are by turns moving, comic, thought-provoking, and profound. Laura Browder is the Tyler and Alice Haynes Professor of American Studies at the University of Richmond. She is the author of Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America and is