After Combat

True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

Marian Eide, Michael Gibler

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Potomac Books Inc
01 November 2022

True war & combat stories; Iraq War

Approximately 2.5 million men and women have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the U.S. War on Terror. Marian Eide and Michael Gibler have collected and compiled personal combat accounts from some of these war veterans. In modern warfare no deployment meets the expectations laid down by stories of Appomattox, Ypres, Iwo Jima, or Tet. Stuck behind a desk or the wheel of a truck, many of today's veterans feel they haven't even been to war, though they may have listened to mortars in the night or dodged improvised explosive devices during the day.

After Combat bridges the gap between sensationalised media and reality by telling war's unvarnished stories. Soldiers, sailors, marines, and air force personnel (retired, on leave, or at the beginning of military careers) describe combat in the ways they believe it should be understood. In this collection of interviews, veterans speak anonymously with pride about their own strengths and accomplishments, with gratitude for friendships and adventures, and also with shame, regret, and grief, while braving controversy, misunderstanding, and sanction.

In the accounts of these veterans, Eide and Gibler seek to present what Vietnam veteran and writer Tim O'Brien calls a ""true war story""-one without obvious purpose or moral imputation and independent of civilian logic, propaganda goals, and even peacetime convention.

AUTHORS: Marian Eide is a professor of English at Texas A&M University. Her research and teaching address twentieth-century and contemporary narrative with a particular focus on ethics and war. She is the author of Ethical Joyce.

Michael Gibler is a retired colonel and served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army for twenty-eight years and is now an assistant professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. His assignments included airborne, air assault, and light and Stryker infantry units; he participated in Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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By: Marian Eide, Michael Gibler
Imprint: Potomac Books Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781640125438
ISBN 10: 1640125434
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marian Eide is a professor of English at Texas A&M University. Her research and teaching address twentieth-century and contemporary narrative with a particular focus on ethics and war. She is the author of Ethical Joyce. Michael Gibler is a retired colonel and served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army for twenty-eight years and is now an assistant professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. His assignments included airborne, air assault, and light and Stryker infantry units; he participated in Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Reviews for After Combat: True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

“After Combat paints a picture of the messy aspects of war and their aftermath on veterans, their families, their friends, and their personal and professional lives. There are no ordinary stories of the men and women who are deployed to fight our nation’s wars. America is fortunate to have those who volunteer to wear the cloth of our country. A must-read if you care about America and its military men and women.”—Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, U.S. Army (Ret.) “In After Combat Marian Eide and Michael Gibler capture the true essence of our generation’s defenders of freedom. From the warrior perspective After Combat highlights the emotion, the sacrifice, the anguish, and, most important, the heart of what it means to serve in combat. Once again we witness the selfless sacrifice of our nation’s greatest treasure: her sons and daughters, as they tell their stories of their time in the ‘crucible of fire.’ Where do we find men and women of such courage, patriotism, and selflessness?”—Lt. Gen. Frank Wiercinski, U.S Army (Ret.)