Bibliograph

Bravo company, an Afghanistan deployment and its aftermath, Ben Kesling

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Bravo company, an Afghanistan deployment and its aftermath, Ben Kesling

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bravo company

Oclc number

1347386590

Responsibility statement

Ben Kesling

Sub title

an Afghanistan deployment and its aftermath

Summary

"In Bravo Company, journalist and combat veteran Ben Kesling tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of the men of one unit, part of a combat-hardened parachute infantry regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division. A decade ago, the soldiers of Bravo Company deployed to Afghanistan for a tour in Kandahar's notorious Arghandab Valley. By the time they made it home, three soldiers had been killed in action, a dozen more had lost limbs, and an astonishing half of the company had Purple Hearts. In the decade since, two of the soldiers have died by suicide, more than a dozen have tried, and others admit they've considered it. Declared at "extraordinary risk" by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Bravo Company was chosen as test subjects for a new approach to the veteran crisis, focusing less on isolated individuals and more on the group"--book jacket

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