Letters from the Front Lines: Iraq and Afghanistan
Stuart Franklin Platt
ISBN 10: 1894694481 ISBN 13: 9781894694483
Verlag: Granville Island, 2006
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Letters From the Front Lines is a remarkable account of the lives and experiences of Americans at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. This collection of correspondence preserves for future generations the experiences of men and women in uniform and presents a unique perspective about what is actually going on day-to-day in the tents, on the road, and in the weeds in Iraq and Afghanistan. These letters were written from the heart, and tell the truth about life on the front lines (lonely, hot and dangerous), as well as life on the home front (lonely, anxious and supportive). Handwritten letters which, until the current conflict, were the only source of communication home from the front lines are being replaced by email and web logs or "blogs." This book reminds us how important it is to preserve these more ephemeral records of our nation's history.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Admiral Platt capped a distinguished career in the US Navy with his appointment during the Reagan administration to serve as the country's first Competition Advocate General (the Navy's top business man in uniform). Admiral Platt was recently named to the Cold War Leadership Hall of Fame by the Submarine Force Museum Association and he is a highly decorated Vietnam veteran. He is the Chairman of Harbor Wing Technologies Inc, producers of un-manned open ocean surveillance and research vessels. Admiral Platt also serves on the corporate board of DRS Technologies Inc, and he is the chairman of the Historic Ships Foundation in San Francisco, as well as a Presidential Appointee to the Board of Governors of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Admiral Platt holds a MS (Operations Analysis) from the Simon Graduate School of Business, as well as a BS degree from the University of Rochester, and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is the published author of two books and numerous Op-Ed and scholarly works. He is a former Wall Street Journal Scholar and is a graduate of the Executive Program at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. In the past 5 years Duffrey Sigurdson has worked closely with Admiral Platt on several scholarly works and two books. His other interests include offshore sailing, aviation and history. Duffrey is a former member of the PPCLI "Red Devils", an elite Infantry Regiment in the Canadian military.
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Titel: Letters from the Front Lines: Iraq and ...
Verlag: Granville Island
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Hardcover
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