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No man's land : preparing for war and peace in post-9/11 America / Elizabeth D. Samet.

Author/creator Samet, Elizabeth D.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st edition.
Publication Info New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 223 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Veterans--United States --Psychology.
Homecoming--United States.
War and literature--United States.
United States--History, Military --Social aspects --21st century.
Portion of title Preparing for war and peace in post-9/11 America
Contents Prologue: Earth's melancholy map -- Between Scylla and Charybdis: Coming home -- "The one thing needful": Paradoxes of preparation -- "On the verge of the true forest": Trusting the imaginary forces -- Coda: The accident of elegies.
Abstract "An exploration of one of the crucial problems of our time--how soldiers return home from war--by a professor of literature at West Point"-- Provided by publisher.
Genre/formMilitary history.
LCCN 2014008672
ISBN9780374222772 (hardback)
ISBN0374222770 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks UB357 .S26 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold
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