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9780792278382: Voices of War: Stories of Service from the Home Front and the Front Lines
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ISBN 10 : 0792278380 ISBN 13 : 9780792278382
Editeur : National Geographic, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Thomas Wiener

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The experience of war has affected every generation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and every soldier has a story to tell. Since the year 2000, the Veteran's History Project, a new permanent department of the Library of Congress, has been collecting and preserving the memories of veterans. In addition to more than 50,000 recorded oral histories, the Veteran's History Project has amassed thousands of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, and invaluable mementos from nearly a century of warfare.

In the first book to showcase the richness and depth of this collection, Voices of War tells a compelling, emotional, history of the experience of war, weaving together veterans' stories from in World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. The stories are organized thematically into sections-from signing up to coming home, generations of veterans recall individual experiences that together tell the extraordinary story of America at war. Letters, photographs, sketches and paintings enrich the compelling oral history.

Voices of War is sure to provoke memories and reflection and truly honor the sacrifices made by millions of veterans who have fought to defend our freedom.

Introduction by former Senator Max Cleland and an Afterword by Senator Chuck Hagel, both of whom are Vietnam veterans.

Biographie de l'auteur

The Library of Congress, located in Washington, D.C., is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

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Éditeur
National Geographic
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0792278380
ISBN 13 
9780792278382
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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