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100 1  Dreazen, Yochi. 
245 14 The invisible front :|blove and loss in an era of endless 
       war /|cYochi Dreazen. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCrown,|c2014. 
300    xiv, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520 2  "The story of Army Major General Mark Graham and his wife 
       Carol, whose two sons are both military men. Their sons 
       pass (one from suicide, one in combat), and the Grahams' 
       grief sheds light on military culture, and society's 
       struggle to come to terms with the death of our soldiers"-
       -|cProvided by publisher. 
520 2  "The unforgettable and sensitively reported story of a 
       military family that lost two sons--one to suicide and one
       in combat--and channeled their grief into fighting the 
       armed forces' suicide epidemic. Major General Mark Graham 
       is a decorated two-star officer whose integrity and 
       patriotism inspires his sons, Jeff and Kevin, to pursue 
       military careers of their own. When Kevin and Jeff die 
       within nine months of one another--Kevin commits suicide 
       and Jeff is killed by an IED in Iraq--Mark and his wife 
       Carol are astonished by the drastically different 
       responses their sons' deaths receive from the Army. While 
       Jeff is lauded as a hero, Kevin's death is met with 
       silence, evidence of the terrible stigma that surrounds 
       suicide in the military. Convinced that their sons died 
       fighting different battles, Mark and Carol commit 
       themselves to changing the institution that is the 
       cornerstone of their lives. The Invisible Front is the 
       story of a family's quest to make PTSD and mental illness 
       in the Army more visible, but it is also a window into the
       military's institutional shortcomings and its resistance 
       to change. As Mark ascends the military hierarchy and 
       eventually takes command of Fort Carson, Colorado--a 
       sprawling base with one of the highest suicide rates in 
       the armed forces--the Grahams come into direct conflict 
       with an entrenched military bureaucracy that considers 
       mental health problems to be a display of weakness and 
       that has refused to acknowledge the severity of its 
       suicide problem. Yochi Dreazen, an award-winning 
       journalist who has covered the military since 1999, has 
       been granted remarkable access to the Graham family and 
       tells their story in the full context of two of America's 
       longest wars. Dreazen places Mark and Carol's personal 
       journey, which begins with Mark's entry into the military 
       and continues through his retirement thirty-four years 
       later, against the backdrop of the military's suicide 
       spike, investigating broader issues in military culture. 
       With great sympathy and profound insight, The Invisible 
       Front examines America's problematic treatment of its 
       soldiers and offers the Graham family's work as a new way 
       of understanding the human cost of war and its lingering 
       effects off the battlefield"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Graham, Mark|q(Mark A.) 
600 10 Graham, Mark|q(Mark A.)|xFamily. 
610 10 United States.|bArmy|vBiography. 
650  0 Generals|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Soldiers|xMental health|zUnited States. 
650  0 Post-traumatic stress disorder|zUnited States. 
650  0 Suicide|zUnited States. 
650  0 Sons|zUnited States|xDeath. 
650  0 War|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Sociology, Military|zUnited States. 
650  0 HISTORY / Military / United States. 
650  0 PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress 
       Disorder (PTSD). 
650  0 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military. 
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