{"product_id":"bedrooms-of-the-fallen-ashley-gilbertson-9780226066868","title":"Bedrooms of the Fallen","description":"For more than a decade, the United States has been fighting wars so far from the public eye as to risk being forgotten, the struggles and sacrifices of its volunteer soldiers almost ignored. Photographer and writer Ashley Gilbertson has been working to prevent that. His dramatic photographs of the Iraq war for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and his book \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Tango Foxtrot \u003c\/i\u003etook readers into the mayhem of Baghdad, Ramadi, Samarra, and Fallujah. But with \u003ci\u003eBedrooms of the Fallen\u003c\/i\u003e, Gilbertson reminds us that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have also reached deep into homes far from the noise of battle, down quiet streets and country roads--the homes of family and friends who bear their grief out of view.\u003cbr\u003e The book's wide-format black-and-white images depict the bedrooms of forty fallen soldiers--the equivalent of a single platoon--from the United States, Canada, and several European nations. Left intact by families of the deceased, the bedrooms are a heartbreaking reminder of lives cut short: we see high school diplomas and pictures from prom, sports medals and souvenirs, and markers of the idealism that carried them to war, like images of the Twin Towers and Osama Bin Laden. A moving essay by Gilbertson describes his encounters with the families who preserve these private memorials to their loved ones, and shares what he has learned from them about war and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBedrooms of the Fallen\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of documentary photography, and an unforgettable reckoning with the human cost of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Gilbertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022606686X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226066868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.33h x 9.21w x 0.69d","brand":"Ashley Gilbertson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946334093567,"sku":"9780226066868","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a0708f7c-da0b-4246-8cfb-d1b437fec569.jpg?v=1681512572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bedrooms-of-the-fallen-ashley-gilbertson-9780226066868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}