{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-michael-a-bellesiles-9781595589354","title":"A People's History of the U.S. Military: Ordinary Soldiers Reflect on Their Experience of War, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan","description":"Military service can shatter or give meaning to lives-it is rarely a neutral -encounter--and it has resulted in a rich outpouring of personal testimony from the men and women who have literally placed their lives on the line. \"A 'real' love letter to our military  that] will prove enlightening, even galvanizing\" (\u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the U.S. Military\u003c\/i\u003e tells the captivating narratives of common soldiers, sampled from over three centuries of letters, diaries, and memoirs as well as audio recordings, films, and blogs. The often dramatic, sometimes very raw, and always richly textured first-person accounts collected in this book cover a wide range of perspectives, from ardent patriots to disillusioned cynics, barely literate farm boys to urbane college graduates, scions of founding families to recent immigrants, and women disguising themselves as men in order to serve their country to African Americans fighting for their freedom through military service. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraised as \"compact and complete\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), \"an excellent educational tool\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"a useful, unsettling, -bottom-up history of America's wars that emphasizes the soldiers' mistreatment, suffering, and injustice\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the U.S. Military\u003c\/i\u003e has already become a major new touchstone for our understanding of American military service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael A. Bellesiles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159558935X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595589354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Michael A. Bellesiles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989349761279,"sku":"9781595589354","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85056241-1d7b-491e-b4ce-fcf2c81f1fe0.jpg?v=1683299004","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-michael-a-bellesiles-9781595589354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}