personal narratives, american

Relates one writer's experience of how luck, fatigue, and fear played leading roles in determining soldiers' fates during a war fought mostly by boys, many of whom, like Davis learned far more than they cared to about life and death before reaching voting age.

In this narrative written by his son, retired Marine Edgar Harrell describes his life, particulary as pertains to his serving on the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the time of its sinking and the struggle to survive the disaster, as well as the many years spent working to have the captain of the ship exonerated from charges leveled at him over the incident.

Presents interviews and photographs of American servicemen and women wounded during the first fifteen months of the Iraq War.

Chris Mackey, a senior interrogator at Bagram Air Base and in Kandahar, along with five other interrogators, describes how soldiers specially trained in the art of interrogation went face-to-face with al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners. Discusses interrogation strategies, rewriting techniques, and tactics grounded in the Cold War.

A New York Times journalist documents his experiences working his way inside the Iraq War in order to get his news stories. Presents an honest account of what journalists have to do to get sources to confide in them, including improv, dirty jokes, slang, alcohol, sarcasm, and pointing fingers.

Offers 100 photographs and commentary on an American soldier's life in a German prison camp during World War II.