Boots on the ground: stories of American soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan

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The recent wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan have generated gripping coverage from some of our most accomplished writers and correspondents, and Boots on the Ground collects the best new writing about our troops in the field. They include Mike Sager, who profiles marines training in the California desert for war in Afghanistan; John Laurence, who follows the elite 101st Airborne into a firefight at Baghdad airport; Evan Wright, who files a dispatch from Afghanistan with Canadian and American reconnaissance teams; Peter Boyer and David Levine, who explore the resignation of U.S. Marine Reserve Co.;Introduction; THE MARINE; THE GREEN BERETS UP CLOSE; THE LEGENDS OF HEAVY D AND THE BOYS; THE U.S. BOMB THAT NEARLY KILLED KARZAI; FRAGILE ALLIANCES IN A HOSTILE LAND; ANACONDA; THE MAKE-BELIEVE WAR; NOT MUCH WAR, BUT PLENTY OF HELL; FROM MCCOY'S MARINES: DARKSIDE TOWARD BAGHDAD; ALL KINDS OF METAL WAS THROUGH THE AIR; WITH THE INVADERS; BEYOND BAGHDAD; MY TWO WARS; SURVIVOR: IRAQ; MEMORIES DON'T DIE SO EASILY; WHERE THE ENEMY IS EVERYWHERE AND NOWEHERE; STRETCHED THIN, LIED TO & MISTREATED; NIGHT RAID IN BAGHDAD; MAKING ENEMIES; DISPATCH FROM IRAQ; WAR WOUNDS; A SOLDIER'S LIFE.