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    Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
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    Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
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    Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq

    By Kirsten Holmstedt

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    About this ebook

    Now available in paperback. Winner of the 2007 American Authors Association Golden Quill Award. Winner of the 2007 Military Writers Society of America Founder's Award.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStackpole Books
    Release dateAug 25, 2008
    ISBN9780811740111
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    Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq

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    • 4/5
      This is an important book for anyone interested in the Iraq War and in the role of women who are/were soldiers in that war. The author, Kirsten Holmstedt, conducted extensive interviews and simply let the soldiers speak for themselves. However, I can say, as a former newspaper reporter, that sometimes letting the interviewee talk just isn't enough. Holmstedt missed many opportunities to follow up with further questions and find out more. I suspect the author empathized so much with the soldiers that she didn't want to push them any further to talk about distressing things like killing someone, leaving children behind, failed romances, etc. I understand the soldiers' unwillingness to go deep because they might fear being seen as weak or being an unworthy soldier. The male soldiers are having the same problem. I can't help but think that the high level of PTSD among returning Iraq War and Afghanistan War vets can partly be explained by the pressure from the military to suck it up and not talk about those painful experiences. This would have been five stars had Holmsteadt gone deeper.
    • 3/5
      There is probably a good book in the topic here, but this effort suffers from its amateurish, though earnest, writing. The women's stories, while probably compelling in real life, come off flat here. The author spends a lot of time on details that start sounding repetitious, while skirting most of the tough issues.