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Beyond the call three women on the front lines in Afghanistan

Follows the experiences of four women who fought in active combat duty in Afghanistan and also worked to gather intelligence about the Taliban from local Afghani women, with whom they were able to cultivate relationships, unlike their male counterparts.

Main Author: Rivers, Eileen (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Da Capo Press, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Afghan War, 2001- > Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001- > Women > United States > Biography.
Women soldiers > United States > Biography.
Women > Afghanistan.
Summary: Follows the experiences of four women who fought in active combat duty in Afghanistan and also worked to gather intelligence about the Taliban from local Afghani women, with whom they were able to cultivate relationships, unlike their male counterparts.
Physical Description: xxix, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.
ISBN: 0306903075
9780306903076
Author Notes: Eileen Rivers is a USA Today editor and editorial board member. Formerly with the Washington Post , she has been writing and reporting on veteran affairs for more than fifteen years and has produced several multi-media online interactives covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A veteran of the US Army, she served in Kuwait following Desert Storm where she was sent into the former combat zone as an Arabic linguist, collecting and translating information from enemy targets. Rivers lives in Laurel, Maryland.

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