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.>

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gayle Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Lemmon Gayle Tzemach
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780062333827
• ISBN: 978-0-06-233382-7
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, History of the Americas, The Americas, Modern warfare, Gender studies: women and girls, Special and elite forces, True war and combat stories, Biography: historical, political and military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Political leaders and leadership, 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, First Year Experience / American History & Society, First Year Experience / Gender, Asian & Asian American / Asia: Current Concerns, Asian & Asian American / Afghanistan & Pakistan: Nonfiction