Outside the Wire: American Soldiers' Voices from Afghanistan

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OUTSIDE THE WIRE THERE IS NO GREATER AGONY THAN BEARING AN UNTOLD STORY INSIDE YOU. —maya angelou OUTSIDE THE WIRE American Soldiers’ Voices from Afghanistan EDITED BY CHRISTINE DUMAINE LECHE FOREWORD BY BRIAN TURNER university of virginia press charlottesville and london University of Virginia Press© 2013 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2013 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Outside the wire : American soldiers’ voices from Afghanistan / edited by Christine Dumaine Leche ; foreword by Brian Turner. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8139-3411-2 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8139-3412-9 (e-book) 1. Afghan War, 2001—Personal narratives, American. 2. United States—Armed Forces—Military life—Anecdotes. 3. United States— Armed Forces—Biography—Anecdotes. 4. Soldiers’ writings, American. I. Leche, Christine Dumaine, 1949– DS371.413.095 2013 958.104'74092273—dc23 2012044554 For the American men and women, and their families, who bear the weight of war for us all ...