{"product_id":"an-my-l-small-wars-an-my-l-9781597115773","title":"An-My L? Small Wars: Twentieth Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe twentieth anniversary edition of An-My L?'s acclaimed first book\u003ci\u003e Small Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, reissued with five new images and an afterword by Ocean Vuong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tFor the past three decades, An-My L? has used photography to examine her personal history and the legacies of US military power, probing the tension between experience and storytelling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tFirst published in 2005, \u003ci\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/i\u003e brings together three interconnected series. In \u003ci\u003eVi?t Nam\u003c\/i\u003e, L? returns to the country she left in her teens and attempts to reconcile memories of her childhood home with the contemporary landscape; in \u003ci\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, she engages a small community of Vietnam War reenactors; and in \u003ci\u003e29 Palms\u003c\/i\u003e, she documents the preparations of marines in the California desert as they undergo training for conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taken together, this trilogy brilliantly presents a complexly layered exploration of the issues surrounding landscape, memory, and the representation of violence and war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tWith great precision and clarity, L? is able to evoke the work of nineteenth-century landscapes as well as that of the New Topographics--but by weaving in her own personal narrative of refuge and return, she pushes beyond both to produce a uniquely revelatory body of work. The twentieth anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eSmall Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is a lush reissue of the original, with five additional images and a new afterword by Ocean Vuong, who discusses how these bodies of work resonate twenty years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e An-My L?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597115770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597115773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aperture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"An-My L?","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489437962495,"sku":"9781597115773","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a05350bc-ba37-4945-a3bd-c550cfc9a342.jpg?v=1736953555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-my-l-small-wars-an-my-l-9781597115773","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}