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The Long Road Home
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Author : Martha Raddatz
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-03-01
The Long Road Home written by Martha Raddatz and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-01 with History categories.
ABC News’ Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz shares remarkable tales of heroism, hope, and heartbreak in her account of “Black Sunday”—a battle during one of the deadliest periods of the Iraq War. The First Cavalry Division came under surprise attack in Sadr City on Sunday April 4, 2004. Over 7,000 miles away, their families awaited the news for forty-eight hellish hours—expecting the worst. In this powerful, unflinching account, Martha Raddatz takes readers from the streets of Baghdad to the home front and tells the story of that horrific day through the eyes of the courageous American men and women who lived it. “A masterpiece of literary nonfiction that rivals any war-related classic that has preceded it.”—The Washington Post
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Author : Ben Shephard
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2011-02-22
The Long Road Home written by Ben Shephard and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-22 with History categories.
At the end of World War II, long before an Allied victory was assured and before the scope of the atrocities orchestrated by Hitler would come into focus or even assume the name of the Holocaust, Allied forces had begun to prepare for its aftermath. Taking cues from the end of the First World War, planners had begun the futile task of preparing themselves for a civilian health crisis that, due in large part to advances in medical science, would never come. The problem that emerged was not widespread disease among Europe’s population, as anticipated, but massive displacement among those who had been uprooted from home and country during the war. Displaced Persons, as the refugees would come to be known, were not comprised entirely of Jews. Millions of Latvians, Poles, Ukrainians, and Yugoslavs, in addition to several hundred thousand Germans, were situated in a limbo long overlooked by historians. While many were speedily repatriated, millions of refugees refused to return to countries that were forever changed by the war—a crisis that would take years to resolve and would become the defining legacy of World War II. Indeed many of the postwar questions that haunted the Allied planners still confront us today: How can humanitarian aid be made to work? What levels of immigration can our societies absorb? How can an occupying power restore prosperity to a defeated enemy? Including new documentation in the form of journals, oral histories, and essays by actual DPs unearthed during his research for this illuminating and radical reassessment of history, Ben Shephard brings to light the extraordinary stories and myriad versions of the war experienced by the refugees and the new United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration that would undertake the responsibility of binding the wounds of an entire continent. Groundbreaking and remarkably relevant to conflicts that continue to plague peacekeeping efforts, The Long Road Home tells the epic story of how millions redefined the notion of home amid painstaking recovery.
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Author : G. B. Trudeau
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-29
The Long Road Home written by G. B. Trudeau and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-29 with Humor categories.
After losing his leg—and his trademark helmet—B.D. returns home from Iraq to begin a remarkable journey of healing in this Doonesbury book. On a road outside Fallujah, an RPG blows apart a Humvee and upends the life of a former football star named B.D. As a medevac chopper swoops down, the wounded Guardsman hears “Not your time, bro. Not today”. The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time chronicles seven months of cutting-edge cartooning, during which B.D.—and readers of the strip—experienced the kind of personal transformation no one seeks. B.D. survives first-response Baghdad triage, evacuation to Landstuhl, and visits by innumerable celebs, both red and blue in hue. He's awed in turn by morphine, take-no-guff nurses, his fellow amps, high-tech prostheses that cost more than luxury cars, and his family, including the daughter who hand-delivers succor, one aspirin at a time. From rebuilding tissue to rebuilding social skills to rebuilding lives, B.D's inspiring, insightful, and darkly humorous story confirms that it can take a village, or at least a ward, to raise a soldier when he's gone down. “Thank you for getting blown up,” offers one of B.D.'s visiting players. Replies the coach, “Just doing my job.”
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Author : Ted Kinsler
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-07-16
The Long Road Home written by Ted Kinsler and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-16 with Fiction categories.
This novel tells the story of Aiden Chapman, a young man who returns from Vietnam, having survived a tragic ambush that resulted in the loss of many close friends. After recovering from his wounds, he decides to leave the Marine Corps and return home, hoping to escape the images that continuously haunt him. Shortly after the homecoming, he meets a young woman who is ironically connected to the ambush that nearly took his life. Thus begins their story, a story of heartache, hope, and healing. This novel is set in 1967, South Carolina. Like many Southern novels, The Long Road Home embraces what is wonderful about the region; faith, family, loyalty, and tradition. This novel is different from most commercial mainstream stories in several ways. First, is the ironic tragedy that unites the characters. Second, is the stylistic blend of humor, romance, and suspense. Most important, is the fatal climax that puts love and friendship to the ultimate test.
The Lonesome Soldier The Long Road Home
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Author : Linda Lee
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-21
The Lonesome Soldier The Long Road Home written by Linda Lee and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-21 with categories.
For the lonesome soldier voices in the night brings regret and depression in the daylight. For some it's a legacy of pain, for some its pride, for all PTSD can be torture. My name is Jackson and I am only one of the many returning soldiers that suffer from invisible wounds. "Step into my life, for a few minutes. I am an American soldier in the Army, just back from Iraq. This is where I lived and fought beside my friends, my family as we grew to think of one another, as we battled insurgents. Try to understand our dilemma when we return home. I am a son, I am a father, I am a husband, I am a soldier, I am a man that is conflicted, I am, I was, I hope to be again." Follow my journey. If you ask any soldier that has experienced the loss of a fellow soldier, the pelleting rain of shrapnel or the onset of relentless machine gun fire, they will tell you that all they really want is peace, to be safe at home. A soldier knows what the risk and cost are, but we all willingly fight for freedom for all.
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Author : Mary Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Londubh
Release Date : 2010
The Long Road Home written by Mary Lynch and has been published by Londubh this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Northern Ireland categories.
'The Long Road Home' is Mary Lynch's journey back through the pain and terror of her youthful experiences in the warzone which was Northern Ireland during the troubles.
The Long Road Home
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Author : Chi Yin Sim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Long Road Home written by Chi Yin Sim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Foreign workers, Indonesian categories.
Examines the lives and migrations conditions of Indonesian migrant domestic workers and their families. Covers cases of physical abuse, unpaid wages, illegal and grimy dormitories, injury and death.
Long Road Home
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Author : Yong Kim
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-19
Long Road Home written by Yong Kim and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little information is available about their organization and conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one such survivor, a former military official who spent six years in a gulag and experienced firsthand the brutality of an unconscionable regime. As a lieutenant colonel in the North Korean army, Kim Yong enjoyed unprecedented privilege in a society that closely monitored its citizens. He owned an imported car and drove it freely throughout the country. He also encountered corruption at all levels, whether among party officials or Japanese trade partners, and took note of the illicit benefits that were awarded to some and cruelly denied to others. When accusations of treason stripped Kim Yong of his position, the loose distinction between those who prosper and those who suffer under Kim Jong-il became painfully clear. Kim Yong was thrown into a world of violence and terror, condemned to camp No. 14 in Hamkyeong province, North Korea's most notorious labor camp. As he worked a constant shift 2,400 feet underground, daylight became Kim's new luxury; as the months wore on, he became intimately acquainted with political prisoners, subhuman camp guards, and an apocalyptic famine that killed millions. After years of meticulous planning, and with the help of old friends, Kim escaped and came to the United States via China, Mongolia, and South Korea. Presented here for the first time in its entirety, his story not only testifies to the atrocities being committed behind North Korea's wall of silence but also illuminates the daily struggle to maintain dignity and integrity in the face of unbelievable hardship. Like the work of Solzhenitsyn, this rare portrait tells a story of resilience as it reveals the dark forms of oppression, torture, and ideological terror at work in our world today.
The Long Road Home
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Author : Adrian Vincent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Long Road Home written by Adrian Vincent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
The Long Road Home
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Author : H. D. Thomson
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2012-07-13
The Long Road Home written by H. D. Thomson and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-13 with categories.
The Long Road Home is a Romance Writers of America two-time Golden Heart Finalist in Traditional Romance. Travel across the country with her old lover, John McDonnell--and his girlfriend? Impossible. But Clarisse Madison is desperate. Terrified of flying and unable to drive long stretches because of a knee surgery, she sees no other way to get from New York to San Diego and her sister's wedding. Three years ago, a plane crash disfigured her leg and destroyed her career as a model. Self-esteem crushed and fearful of rejection, Clarisse severed her relationship with John. Now, forced to travel across the country with him and his girlfriend, Vivian, she is determined to hide her disfigurement. Driving through state after state and mile after mile, though, she begins to fall in love all over again. But can anything come of it? Can she overcome her pride for the sake of love?