A celebration of the extraordinary courage, dedication, and sacrifice of this generation of American veterans on the battlefield and their equally valuable contributions on the home front. Because so few of us now serve in the military, our men and women in uniform have become strangers to us. We stand up at athletic events to honor them, but we hardly know their true measure. Here, Starbucks CEO and longtime veterans’ advocate Howard Schultz and National Book Award finalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post offer an enlightening, inspiring corrective. The authors honor acts of uncommon valor in Iraq and Afghanistan, including an Army sergeant who repeatedly runs through a storm of gunfire to save the lives of his wounded comrades; two Marines who sacrifice their lives to halt an oncoming truck bomb and protect thirty-three of their brothers in arms; a sixty-year-old doctor who joins the Navy to honor his fallen son. We also see how veterans make vital contributions once they return home, drawing on their leadership skills and commitment to service: former soldiers who aid residents in rebuilding after natural disasters; a former infantry officer who trades in a Pentagon job to teach in an inner-city neighborhood; a retired general leading efforts to improve treatments for brain-injured troops; the spouse of a severely injured soldier assisting families in similar positions. These powerful, unforgettable stories demonstrate just how indebted we are to those who protect us and what they have to offer our nation when their military service is done.

Product Description: A New York Times Notable BookThe author of the acclaimed bestseller and National Book Award finalist, Imperial Life in the Emerald City, tells the startling, behind-the-scenes story of the US’s political and military misadventure in Afghanistan...read more

Product Description: La Zona Verde, Bagdad, 2003: En el interior de un lujoso complejo amurallado, Paul Bremer y su Autoridad Provisional de la Coalición, se proponen construir un nuevo y democrático Irak. La APC, un equipo formado por principalmente por idealistas escogidos por sus opiniones sobre temas como el aborto y la pena capital, pasó el primer y crucial año de la ocupación intentando alcanzar objetivos —como una nueva ley de tráfico y una ley protectora de diseño de microchips— que poco o nada tenían que ver con las necesidades reales de un país en tiempos de posguerra...read more

Drawing on several interviews and internal documents, this book tells the story of an attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country, detailing the risky disbanding of the Iraqi army and the ludicrous attempt to train the new police force, and bringing to light a host of lesser-known yet typical travesties.

A journalist and former Baghdad bureau chief for The Washington Post furnishes a revealing look at life in Baghdad's Green Zone, the headquarters for the American occupation in Iraq, criticizing the follies and foibles of L. Paul Bremer and others in the invasion and reconstruction of Iraq. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

Product Description: One of the New York Times Top 10 Books of 2007 and A National Book Award Finalist The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us into the Green Zone, headquarters for the American occupation in Iraq...read more