Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War

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Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War

A personal history of war from bestselling authors John McCain and Mark Salter, told through the stories of thirteen remarkable American soldiers who fought in the nationâ€™s major military conflicts, from the Revolution of 1776 through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and a long-time student of history, John McCain brings a distinctive perspective to the experience of war. With Mark Salter, Thirteen Soldiers tells the stories of real soldiers who personify valor, obedience, enterprise, and love. Youâ€™ll meet Joseph Plumb Martin, who at the tender age of fifteen fought in the Revolutionary War; Charles Black, a freeborn African American sailor in the War of 1812; and Sam Chamberlain, of the Mexican American War, whose life inspired novelist Cormac McCarthy. Then thereâ€™s Oliver Wendell Holmes, an aristocratic idealist disillusioned by the Civil War, and Littleton â€œTonyâ€ Waller, court-martialed for refusing to massacre Filipino civilians.

Each story illustrates a particular aspect of war, such as Mary Rhoads, an Army reservist forever changed by an Iraqi scud missile attack during the Persian Gulf War; Monica Lin Brown, a frontline medic in rural Afghanistan who saved several lives in a convoy ambush; and Michael Monsoor, a Navy SEAL, who smothered a grenade before it could detonate on his men in Iraq. From their acts of self-sacrifice to their astonishing valor in the face of unimaginable danger, these â€œinspirational accounts of thirteen Americans who fought in various warsâ€¦aptly reveal humanizing moments in such theaters of crueltyâ€ (Publishers Weekly).

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781476759678
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	385
PublicationDate	2014-11-11
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2014-11-11
Studio	Simon & Schuster

Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War

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