The Lonely Soldier

The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq

By: Helen Benedict

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Paperback | 1 April 2010

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Already widely covered in the "New York Times, "the "Nation, "the "American Prospect, "and on Huffington Post; adapted as a dramatic performance; and discussed on NPR, NBC, and CBS, "The Lonely Soldier "vividly tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006--and of the challenges they faced while fighting a war painfully alone.""

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Benedict's book, filled with compelling and heartbreaking stories, is a groundbreaking testament to the bravery, resilience, and almost insurmountable obstacles faced by women stationed in Iraq.--Deirdre Sinnott, ForeWord

Whether the soldiers' language is plainspoken or poetic, Helen Benedict's book gives them a place to tell their stories. . . . The Lonely Soldier has strong merit as an account of women's military experience in this long and reckless war.--Amy Herdy, Ms.

Benedict's brilliant and compassionate reporting is neither left nor right--it's human. . . . You know these women--they are your mother, sister, cousin, daughter. Their stories of injustice in the U.S. military will tear your guts out.--Dale Maharidge, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning And Their Children after Them

The Lonely Soldier will shock you and enrage you and bring you to tears. It's must reading for everyone who cares about women, justice, fairness, the military, and the United States.--Katha Pollitt, award-winning columnist, The Nation

A stunning chronicle of abuses suffered by women enlisted in the U.S. Army and serving in Iraq.--Los Angeles Times

It is hard to determine what is most disturbing about this book--the devious and immoral tactics used by leaders and recruiters to get women to join the military, the terrible poverty and personal violence women were escaping that led them to be vulnerable to such manipulation, the raping and harassing of women soldiers by their superiors and comrades once they got to Iraq, or the untreated homelessness, illnesses, and madness that have haunted [these] women since they came home. . . . A crucial accounting of the shameful war on women who gave their bodies, lives, and souls for their country.--Eve Ensler, playwright, performer, activist, and author of The Vagina Monologues

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