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Title:

When war becomes personal : soldiers' accounts from the Civil War to Iraq / edited by Donald Anderson.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xii, 243 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--History, Military--Anecdotes.
Soldiers--United States--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
United States--Armed Forces--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
Soldiers' writings, American.

Other Authors:

Anderson, Donald, 1946 July 9-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

War, memory, imagination: a prologue / Donald Anderson -- Visions of war, dreams of peace : a conversation / with Joan A. Furey -- A Civil War memoir / Isaac N. Clements -- My chickamauga / James H. Meredith -- My father at war / Paul West -- Hang the Enola Gay / Alfred Kern -- A boy's blitz / Paul West -- Notes for ban me thuot / Joseph T. Cox -- A different species of time / John Wolfe -- Voices / William Newmiller -- A boatman's story / Robert MacGowan -- Shadow soldier / Donald Clay -- Wandering souls / Wayne Karlin -- Quarry / Doug Heckman -- Thinks to pack when you're bound for Baghdad / Jason Armagos -- Canon fodder: an epilogue / Dale Ritterbusch.

ISBN:

1587296802 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781587296802 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)213384905

LCCN:

2008010125

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)