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War Is . . .

Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War

By: Patty Campbell, Marc Aronson

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Hardcover | 9 September 2008

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In a provocative anthology, two editors with opposing viewpoints present an unflinching collection of works reflecting on the nature of war.
Marc Aronson thinks war is inevitable. Patty Campbell thinks war is cruel, deceptive, and wrong. But both agree on one thing: that teens need to hear the truthful voices of those who have experienced war firsthand. The result is this dynamic selection of essays, memoirs, letters, and fiction from nearly than twenty contributors, both contemporary and historical -- ranging from Christian Bauman's wrenching "Letter to a Young Enlistee" to Chris Hedges's unfl inching look at combat to Fumiko Miura's Nagasaki memoir, "A Survivor's Tale." Whether the speaker is Mark Twain, World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle, or a soldier writing a miliblog, these divergent pieces look war straight in the face -- and provide an invaluable resource for teenagers today.

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With this collection, Aronson and Campbell have provided an uncommonly valuable source of hard information and perceptive insight."
--Booklist (starred review)

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Kids & Children's Books Educational Material Citizenship & Social Education Educational Material Children's Non-Fiction Warfare, Battles & Armed Forces for Children & Teenagers Personal & Social Issues Social Issues for Children & Teenagers Learning about War & Conflict Issues for Children & Teenagers Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction Young Adult (YA) Fiction

What I Believe About War
War Is ...?	p. 3
People Like War	p. 7
Deciding About War
Dead Marine Becomes Lesson for Students	p. 13
Letter to a Young Enlistee	p. 15
The Recruitment Minefield	p. 20
The Moment of Combat: an excerpt from What Every Person Should Know About War	p. 27
Thou Shalt Not Kill	p. 39
The War Prayer	p. 46
Masters of War	p. 50
Experiencing War
Letters from "Over There," 1919: excerpts from the World War I letters of Fred Duane Cowan	p. 55
In the Front Lines	p. 63
The God-Damned Infantry
A Pure Miracle
The Horrible Waste of War
A Long Thin Line of Personal Anguish
Memories of Vietnam	p. 76
The Battle of the Horseshoe
Vietnam Tunnels
Letters from Vietnam	p. 92
Women at War: What It Is Like to Be a Female Soldier in Iraq	p. 101
Wordsmith at War	p. 118
In Order to See Beauty in Life, I Had to See Hell	p. 136
Tough	p. 141
A Survivor's Tale	p. 148
The Aftermath of War
Killing Flies	p. 155
Heads	p. 172
Further Reading	p. 196
Copyright Acknowledgments	p. 200
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War Is . . .

Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War

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