Battle Scars: Twenty Years Later; 3D Battalion 5th Marines Looks Back at the Iraq War and How It Changed Their Lives - Couverture rigide

Reid, Chip

 
9781636243559: Battle Scars: Twenty Years Later; 3D Battalion 5th Marines Looks Back at the Iraq War and How It Changed Their Lives
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ISBN 10 : 163624355X ISBN 13 : 9781636243559
Editeur : Casemate Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

Chip Reid was an embedded reporter with 3d Battalion 5th Marines as they fought their way from Kuwait to Baghdad in 2003, interviewing the young Marines within hours of brutal combat actions.

The most eye-opening, and terrifying, story in Chip Reid's career as a journalist was the six weeks he spent with 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as a correspondent for NBC News. Traveling shoulder-to-shoulder with the young Marines, he had unparalleled access, witnessing them in combat, and interviewing as many as he could persuade his bosses to put on air, allowing them to tell their war stories in their own words.

It took only 22 days for the Marines of 3/5 to fight their way to Baghdad, but the effects on those who fought have lasted a lifetime. They lost a number of their own in battle, and others suffered life-threatening injuries. Of those who returned - even if they avoided physical scars - many have had to find their own way through survivor's guilt and the nightmare of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, with all its attendant miseries.

Twenty years on, Chip sat down with the Marines of 3/5 once more. They told Chip inspiring stories of heroism in battle, of camaraderie and comrades lost, of patriotism and belief in mission, of recovery and success in both military and civilian life, and of the new appreciation for life that results from Post-Traumatic Growth. Visceral and searingly honest, this book is a tribute to the Marines for their service, and for the many sacrifices they made then, and that many still make today.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chip Reid's career in journalism has spanned 33 years. Reid spent 7 weeks with a U.S. Marines lead unit during the initial invasion of U.S. troops from Kuwait to Baghdad. After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Reid reported from Ground Zero and from the Pentagon, as well as covering stories on the war on terror from Afghanistan, Israel, Uzbekistan, Egypt, and around the world.

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Éditeur
Casemate Publishers
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
163624355X
ISBN 13 
9781636243559
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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