Thank You For Your Service

David Finkel

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Scribe Publications
25 September 2013

Biography: historical, political & military; True war & combat stories; History; Military history: post WW2 conflicts; Military veterans

The wars of the past decade have been covered by brave and talented reporters, but none has reckoned with the psychology of these wars as intimately as award-winning journalist David Finkel. For The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel embedded with the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion during the infamous surge, a grueling 15-month tour that changed them all forever. In Finkel's hands, readers can feel what these young men were experiencing and his harrowing story instantly became a classic in the literature of modern war. In Thank You for Your Service, Finkel has done something even more extraordinary. Once again, he has embedded with some of the men of the 2-16, but this time at home in the States after their deployments had ended. He is with them in their most intimate, painful and hopeful moments as they try to recover. In doing so, he creates an indelible, essential portrait of what life after war is like, not just for these soldiers, but for their wives, widows, children and friends, and for the professionals who are truly trying, but to a great degree failing, to undo the damage that war has done. The story Finkel tells is mesmerizing, impossible to put down. With his unparalleled ability to report a story, he climbs into the hearts and minds of those he writes about. This is an act of understanding and it offers a more complete picture than we have ever had of two essential questions: When we ask young men and women to go to war, what are we asking of them? And when they return, what are we thanking them for?

By: David Finkel
Imprint: Scribe Publications
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 352g
ISBN: 9781922070708
ISBN 10: 192207070X
Publication Date: 25 September 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Thank You For Your Service

AMAZON 2013 BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Praise for Thank You for Your Service This is not--nor should it be--an easy book. But it is an essential one. --Elizabeth D. Samet, The New York Times Book Review Embedded with the veterans, their families, their friends, and their counselors, Finkel lights up the lives of these struggling souls, who often compound their real problems by convincing themselves they're 'weak' for 'abandoning' their buddies and seeking treatment... Vivid, compelling, heartrending. --Jeff Stein, Bookforum Together with its masterful prequel The Good Soldiers, [ Thank You for Your Service ] measures the wages of the war in Iraq--the wages of war, period--as well as anything I've read . . . [Finkel] atones for our scant attention by paying meticulous heed. --Frank Bruni, The New York Times I'm urging everyone I know to give Thank You for Your Service just a few pages, a few minutes out of their busy lives. The families honored in this urgent, important book will take it from there. --Katherine Boo, National Book Award-winning author of Behind the Beautiful Forevers Thank You for Your Service is one of the best and truest books I have ever read. David Finkel cuts through all the spin, the excuses, the blowhard politics and mind-deadening metrics to discover the cost of war for the soldiers who fight it and the families they come home to. This extraordinary book will piss you off and break your heart. It will shame you and lift you up. It will bend your mind to the reality of an American war that is now well into its second decade. --Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and finalist for the National Book Award In this incredibly moving sequel, Finkel reconnects with some of the men of the 2-16--now home on American soil--and brings their struggles powerfully to life . . . Told in crisp, unsentimental prosem