| See Me for Who I Am: Student Veterans' Stories of War and Coming Home Contributor(s): Chrisinger, David (Editor), Castner, Brian (Foreword by), Hefti, Matthew (Epilogue by) |
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ISBN: 1944079017 ISBN-13: 9781944079017 Publisher: Hudson Whitman/ Excelsior College Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Iraq War (2003-2011) - History | Military - Afghan War (2001-) - History | Military - Veterans |
| Dewey: 362.860 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.53 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Because so few Americans have served in the military since 9/11--or even know anyone who has--many look to the media for information about veterans and military service. Popular news outlets, however, traffic in tragedy and often paint those who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan with one of three broad brushes: as superhuman; as broken, disabled, and traumatized; or as dangerous, ticking time bombs. See Me for Who I Am aims to undermine these stereotypes. It brings together twenty young student veterans working to bridge the media-created gap that divides them from the American people they have fought to protect. With thoughtfulness, humor, and honesty, they relive and relate their worst memories, illustrate shared experiences, explain to us the fulfillment of combat, and show us what going to war really entails. For veterans, these voices will ring familiar. For civilians, the stories open a view into a world few ever see and, in the process, affirm our common humanity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chrisinger, David: - David Chrisinger is a veteran transition expert. Currently, he is an Associate Lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), where he teaches a veteran reintegration course, Back from the Front. He also assists college administrations and corporate employers create and sustain more productive relationships with veterans. He is the Founder and Managing Editor of Stronger at the Broken Places, a website dedicated not only to raising awareness of the struggles and triumphs of American veterans throughout history, but to helping today's generation of student veterans tell their stories of war and coming home.Castner, Brian: - Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is the author of All the Ways We Kill and Die, forthcoming in the spring of 2016, and the war memoir The Long Walk, an Amazon Best Book of 2012. His writing has appeared at The New York Times, Wired, Outside, The Daily Beast, and on National Public Radio. In 2014, he received a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, filing stories for Foreign Policy, VICE, and The Los Angeles Review of Books.Hefti, Matthew: - Matthew J. Hefti is the author of A HARD AND HEAVY THING, Tyrus Books/F+W (January 2016). He was born in Canada and grew up in Wisconsin. After 9/11, he visited the Armed Forces recruiter. He then spent 12 years as an explosive ordnance disposal technician. He deployed twice to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan, once to Iraq as an EOD team member and the remaining three tours as an EOD team leader. While enlisted, he earned a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. He is now working, studying, and living in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is pursuing his Juris Doctor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. |