Boots on the Ground : Stories of American Soldiers From Iraq and Afghanistan

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. The Marine / By Mike Sager -- The Green Berets Up Close / By Donatella Lorch -- The Legend Of Heavy D And The Boys / By Robert Young Pelton -- The U.s. Bomb That Nearly Killed Karzai / By John Hendren And Richard T. Cooper -- Anaconda / By John Sack -- The Make-believe War ; Not Much War, But Plenty Of Hell / By Evan Wright -- From Mccoy's Marines : Darkside Toward Baghdad / By John Koopman -- All Kinds Of Metal Was Flying Through The Air / By Phillip Robertson -- With The Invaders / By James Meek -- Beyond Baghdad / By Paul William Roberts -- My Two Wars / By James Harris -- Survivor : Iraq / By Lawrence F. Kaplan -- Memories Don't Die So Easily / By Geoffrey Mohan -- Where The Enemy Is Everywhere And Nowhere / By Daniel Bergner -- Stretched Thin, Lied To & Mistreated / By Christian Parenti -- Night Raid In Baghdad / By Jen Banbury -- Making Enemies / By Nir Rosen -- Dispatch From Iraq / By John Hendren -- War Wounds / By Yaroslav Trofimov -- A Soldier's Life / By Nancy Gibbs With Mark Thompson. Edited By Clint Willis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 303-304). 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 Corps Major Scott Ritter from the United Nations arms inspection team sent to Iraq. These writers' stories offer new and deeper perspectives on the challenges and setbacks our soldiers face in modern combat, and together create a gripping portrait of the front lines in the ongoing war against terrorism. Dragon Six is Oscar Mike, on the move to link up with Bandit.