Title The fighters : Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq / C.J. Chivers.

Publication Info.	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
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Edition	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description	xxiii, 374 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Note	Includes index.
Contents	Part 1. Storm. Into Afghanistan : G-Monster : Lieutenant Layne McDowell's quick air war -- Into the kill zone : Sergeant First Class Leo Kryszewski and the Gauntlet at al-Kaed Bridge -- Part 2. Bad hand. The one you hear already missed : Sergeant First Class Leo Kryszewski and the rocket attacks -- "In the Navy he'll be safe" : hospital corpsman Dustin E. Kirby and a family at war -- Down safe : chief Warrant officer Michael Slebodnik and the air cavalry war in Iraq -- G-Monster : Lieutenant Commander Layne McDowell's dream -- Part 3. Counterinsurgency. On Al Qaeda's turf : Dustin Kirby and the route Chicago shooting gallery -- "I'll fly away" : Chief Warrant officer Mike Slebodnik and the air cavalry in the eastern Afghan Valleys -- We're here because we're here : specialist Robert Soto and the ghosts of Korengal Valley -- The push : Lieutenant Jarrod Neff and a battle to turn the tide of the war -- Part 4. Reckoning. G-Monster : the satisfaction of restraint -- The fighter : Gail Kirby's demand.
Summary	Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers’ unvarnished account of modern combat, told through the eyes of the fighters who have waged America’s longest wars.
Subject	Chivers, C. J. (Christopher John).
	Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
	Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American.
	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
	HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-)
	HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011)
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy.
	Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American.
	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
	Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Other Form:	Online version: Chivers, C. J. (Christopher John), author. Fighters First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018 9781451676679 (DLC) 2018034382
ISBN	9781451676648 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	1451676646 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9781451676662 (trade paperback : alk. paper)
	1451676662 (trade paperback : alk. paper)

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