{"product_id":"bravo-company-ben-kesling-9781419751158","title":"Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath","description":"\u003cb\u003eA timely and searing account of the American war in Afghanistan. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBravo Company\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with an insider's eye and ear, and drawing on extensive interviews and original reporting, \u003ci\u003eBravo Company\u003c\/i\u003e follows the men from their initial enlistment and training, through their deployment and a major shift in their mission, and then on to what has happened in the decade since; as they returned to combat in other units or moved on with their lives as civilians, or struggled to. This is a powerful, insightful, and memorable account of a war that didn't end for these soldiers just because Bravo Company came home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Kesling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419751158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419751158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2022 pg. 11","brand":"Ben Kesling","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048726622463,"sku":"9781419751158","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a44567e4-afb6-43bf-aa09-8afd8b9e9d54.jpg?v=1684997466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bravo-company-ben-kesling-9781419751158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}