What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It

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In this modern-day successor to the Vietnam classic "Everything We Had," award-winning investigative reporter Trish Wood offers a gritty, authentic, and uncensored history of the war in Iraq, as told by the American soldiers who are fighting it. Includes 8 pages of photographs and 1 map.

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April 17,2025
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This is an amazing collection of stories from the men and women who have served and are still serving our country. The author personally interviewed each of the service men and coaxed from them both heart-wrenching and heart-warming tales from the front lines in Iraq.
April 17,2025
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This book is a collection of personal accounts from young soldiers in Iraq. It truly depicts the horrors of war from a first person perspective. One of the people described their experience and talked about how one of the captains got shot in the face. When they arrived to him, his entire face was bloody, and soldiers tryed asking him where he got hit. But he couldn't respond.
Soldiers described their experiences as very confusing and overwhelming, yet it was very energetic and full of adrenaline. Bullets were flying everywhere. Loud noises of war were coming from all directions.
April 17,2025
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This book is really interesting. It tells you what is happening in Iraq. This book has a lot of information and it gives details about how are soldiers living in Iraq. If you want to know how the soldiers from America are living and how they feel over in Iraq this is the good book to read.
April 17,2025
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A must read to get a better perspective on war in Iraq.
April 17,2025
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Real understanding of what's going on with the soldiers who are fighting for our freedom. Scary the crap these men are subject to. I am very proud of our troupes, and even more so after this book.
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