Book Review of After Combat: True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan by Marian Eide &amp; Michael Gibler

Sarah E Minnis

doi:10.21061/jvs.v4i1.81

Abstract

In the post-9/11 era, there have been numerous accounts of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq written from a variety of perspectives and for multiple purposes. Whether biographical accounts of real events, authoritative news essays, or fictional stories of war-time heroism and loss, the American public has been offered untold perspectives on what military service and sacrifice in this new era looks like. After Combat: True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan by Marian Eide and Michael Gibler, is a unique collection of stories of military service in the combat theater as told by the veterans, themselves.

Highlights

In the post-9/11 era, there have been numerous accounts of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq written from a variety of perspectives and for multiple purposes
Leading the Army ROTC program at Texas A&M University, his alma mater, gave Gibler the opportunity to serve as teacher, advisor, confidante, and mentor to hundreds of commissioning Journal of Veterans Studies, Vol 4, No 1, 2019 cadets
Beginning with stories about why the service members joined the various branches of the United States military, the authors create a sense of continuity of experience between the veterans’ stories, reminding the reader that the commonality of experience is what connects veterans

Summary

Introduction

In the post-9/11 era, there have been numerous accounts of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq written from a variety of perspectives and for multiple purposes. After Combat: True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan by Marian Eide and Michael Gibler, is a unique collection of stories of military service in the combat theater as told by veterans themselves.

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