Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath by Ben Kesling (Engli

Description: Bravo Company by Ben Kesling But Bravo Companys story didnt end when they came home. In the ten years since, two of their members have died by suicide, more than a dozen others have tried, and others admit theyve considered it. Bravo Companys traumatic tour and high suicide rate led to its veterans being declared by the Veterans Administration to be at "extraordinary risk" of succumbing to addiction, isolation, and suicide. As a result, the men were chosen as test subjects for a new approach to suicide prevention, focusing less on isolated individuals and more on the group. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ben Kesling is a Midwest correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, where he focuses on domestic security and veterans issues. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School, attended the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and previously served as a Marine Corps infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also a two-day Jeopardy! champion. He lives in Chicago with his wife and four children. Review Bravo Company is an honest account of bravery, sacrifice, and what it means to seek redemption. As a veteran of combat himself, Ben Kesling is able to intimately and honestly document war and its aftermath in ways others havent. If you want to understand what war in Afghanistan meant to those who fought—or if you were in combat and want to understand more about yourself—read this remarkable book. * Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and author of The Outpost *"Journalist and Marine Corps veteran Keslings gut-wrenching debut documents the physical and psychological tolls of the war in Afghanistan through the story of one U.S. Army units deployment . . . Devastating yet cautiously hopeful, this is an essential study of combat trauma." * Publishers Weekly, *starred* review *"An urgent account of a parachute infantry regiment in Afghanistan . . . An outstanding narrative about a single units harrowing experiences in the forever war." * Kirkus, *starred* review *"Gut-wrenching, emotionally charged...excruciatingly detailed...Bravo Company is that rare deep dive into the meaning of war and soldiering, the inevitable tragedies and trauma that accompany them, and what happens after you hang up the uniform." * Booklist *"Bravo Company goes places other books dont. Ben Kesling captures not only war, but the way war puts the complexities and paradoxes of life itself in sharp relief, revealing to us the strangeness of memory and love and loss and honor and pain. Bravo Company is beautiful and profound." * Phil Klay, National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment and Uncertain Ground *"Why cant some veterans and survivors leave their wars in the past? How does the same experience become one persons bar tale and anothers formative bane? With great skill and masterful reporting, Ben Kesling examines these questions and more in Bravo Company. Wars long, dark tail emerges in all its terror and thrill here, summoning the old wisdom of the past not even being past. What a great book." * Matt Gallagher, author of Youngblood and Empire City *"From the Iliad to the Odyssey, stories of war are typically about going to it or returning from it. In Bravo Company, Ben Kesling has done a masterful job braiding together these twin strands. For those who came home, Keslings book is a road map of their journey. For those who were lost, this book stands as a memorial." * Elliot Ackerman, author of The Fifth Act: Americas End in Afghanistan *"The men of Bravo Company are captivating, raw, salty—and above all real. Ben Kesling knows of what he writes and does us a service to bring home their stories of war and the battles afterward." * Quil Lawrence, NPR correspondent and former bureau chief in Baghdad and Kabul *"Bravo Company is not your average book about the military or men at war. The book, brilliantly told through the lens of one company, perfectly captures the true cost of the decades-long war in Afghanistan. We meet young men who dreamed of life and adventure in the U.S. Army, only to be broken physically and mentally by the toll of combat. For anyone who ever wanted to know about the cost of war, this is the book." * Ron Nixon, global investigations editor, Associated Press *"If you want to understand the fingerprints of American military culture and the terrible human consequences of bad policy decisions, this excellent book by Ben Kesling is the way." * Kori Schake, director of foreign and defense policy at the American Enterprise Institute *"In Bravo Company, Ben Kesling searingly transports readers first into the lush valley at the heart of President Barack Obamas surge, where paratroopers saddled with an unsustainable mission rolled the dice with every step they took, and then into their lives back home as they wrestle with grievous injuries and the loss of friends in a war America ultimately lost." * Wesley Morgan, author of The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistans Pech Valley *"Ben Kesling . . . has written what may be the defining book about a very different version of the war in southern Afghanistan . . . The author masterfully captures the dark humor that troops used to cope with their real anxieties through writing that simultaneously captures the infantrymans spirit (and profanity) in a way any reader can understand." * Military Times *"Bravo Companys primary strength is that it provides a window into a world most Americans know little about or wish did not exist . . . Keslings text could be of great help to those who seek to better understand the experience of veterans and will serve as a historical record of one company during a difficult year in a war that often escaped national attention." * America Magazine *"Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath is a fast-paced, frenetic read that captures the reality of life in the 82nd Airborne Division during the height of the global war on terror . . . an incredible treatment of one corner of the war that serves as a tragic microcosm for the overall American experience in Afghanistan." * Army Magazine * Promotional A timely, powerful, and sweeping portrait of a company of men who went to war in Afghanistan, their troubled deployment, and their lives in the decade since returning home Ten years ago, the 100 soldiers of Bravo Company, a combat-hardened parachute infantry regiment, deployed to Afghanistan for a nine-month tour in Kandahars notorious Arghandab Valley. During the deployment, three soldiers were killed in action, and a dozen more lost limbs. By the time they went home, an astonishing half of the company had Purple Hearts. Details ISBN1419751166 Author Ben Kesling Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781419751165 Format Paperback Imprint Abrams Press Subtitle An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath Language English ISBN-10 1419751166 UK Release Date 2023-12-07 Pages 336 Publisher Abrams Publication Date 2023-12-07 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2023-12-07 US Release Date 2023-12-07 DEWEY 958.104742 Audience General AU Release Date 2024-01-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:157979737;

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