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The things they cannot say, stories soldiers won't tell you about what they've seen, done or failed to do in war, Kevin Sites

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The things they cannot say, stories soldiers won't tell you about what they've seen, done or failed to do in war, Kevin Sites

Language

eng

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illustrationsportraits

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The things they cannot say

Oclc number

810946110

Responsibility statement

Kevin Sites

Sub title

stories soldiers won't tell you about what they've seen, done or failed to do in war

Summary

Award-winning journalist and author Kevin Sites compiles the accounts of soldiers, Marines, their families and friends, and also shares the unsettling narrative of his own failures during war (including complicity in a murder) and the redemptive powers of storytelling in arresting a spiraling path of self-destruction.--

Table Of Contents

Pt. 1. The killing business: what's it like to kill in war? -- Pt. 2. The wounds of war: what's it like to be shot, bombed or burned in combat? -- Pt. 3. Things that stain the soul: what can never be forgotten -- Pt. 4. Deadly honest mistakes: what's it like to kill your own men or civilians? -- Pt. 5. Moral ambiguities: how do you know what's right?

Target audience

adult

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