83 records matched your query       

Author:

Tzemach Lemmon, Gayle.

Title:

Ashley's war : the untold story of a team of women soldiers on the Special Ops battlefield / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

Edition:

First Harper Perennial edition.

Publisher:

Harper Perennial

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xix, 289, 12 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Subject:

White, Ashley,--1987-2011.
United States--Army--Women--Biography.
United States Army Special Operations Command.
Women Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Civil-military relations.
Afghan War, 2001---Women--United States.
Special operations (Military science)--Afghanistan.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes "P.S.: insights, interviews & more" section, with author biography, cast of characters, an update and "Where are they now?", reading group guide and discussion questions, a Q&A with the author and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, and a guide to how to get involved in veterans' issues. Includes bibliographical references, pages [287]-289.

Contents:

Kandahar -- The call to serve. Uncle Sam needs you ; Hearing the call to serve ; The Landmark Inn ; 100 hours of Hell ; Making the cut ; Training days ; Diamonds among diamonds -- Deployment. Arrival, Afghanistan ; Operation "Fit In" ; The "Terp" ; Climbing mountains in the night ; Making a difference ; The lies of war -- Last roll call. The first death ; A grief observed ; The man in the arena ; Kandahar.

Summary:

Presents the story of First Lieutenant Ashley White and a groundbreaking team of female American warriors who served alongside Special Operations soldiers on the battle field in Afghanistan.

ISBN:

0062333828
9780062333827

OCLC:

(OCoLC)913332506

Locations:

UKPD911 -- Carlisle Public Library (Carlisle)

DJPD353 -- Hampton Public Library (Hampton)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

JJPA194 -- Ionia Community Library (Ionia)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)