Ashley's War - The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on Special Ops

In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers battling in Afghanistan to assist on raids and gather crucial information from Afghani women. In Ashley''s War , reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the tale of one of these secret units and the remarkable hero at its heart: Ashley White, a beloved and effective soldier who gave her life serving her country in a role for which she will never officially receive credit. Ashley''s War is a gripping combat narrative and a moving story of friendship--a book that will change the way students think about war and the meaning of service.>

About the author

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributor to Atlantic Media’s Defense One, writing on national security and foreign policy issues. She is the bestselling author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and has written for Newsweek, the Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, CNN.com, and the Daily Beast, as well as for the World Bank and Harvard Business School.

Product details

• Authors: Gayle Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Lemmon Gayle Tzemach
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780062333827
• ISBN: 978-0-06-233382-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Modern warfare, Gender studies: women and girls, Special and elite forces, Biography: historical, political and military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, HISTORY: Military / Afghan War (2001-), ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN: NONFICTION, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Military, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: AMERICAN HISTORY & SOCIETY, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: ASIA: CURRENT CONCERNS, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: GENDER, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General