xx, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations, map ;24 cm
Prologue: The man in white --Stirring demons --In the "welcome home" shadows --The shades of the past --The giant of Khailaniya --The following-orders beatdown --The relics of war --The break-glass-in-case-of-war sergeant --The lie --Lie autopsy --The moment I never had --The scrutinizers --Mail call --A sacred promise --They shall fear our ferocity --Getting the band back together --The law of unintended consequences --On to D.C. --The fatal goodbye --The fate machine --Full-court press --Ramrod reunion --Where compassion got you killed --The sons of Fallujah --The Commander in Chief --East Room to Fallujah --American prayer --Appendix: Legacy.
"An extraordinary re-envisioning of the scope and ambitions of the contemporary military memoir: the Iraq War's only living Medal of Honor recipient examines the bonds and wounds of war across two decades"--Provided by publisher.
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