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The Mirror Test audiobook
- By: J. Kael Weston
- Narrator: J. Kael Weston
- Category: History, Iraq War (2003-2011), Military
- Length: 22 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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The Mirror Test Audiobook Summary
A New York Times Editors’ Choice
A Military Times Best Book of the Year
A powerfully written firsthand account of the human costs of conflict.
J. Kael Weston spent seven years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan working for the U.S. State Department in some of the most dangerous frontline locations. Upon his return home, while traveling the country to pay respect to the dead and wounded, he asked himself: When will these wars end? How will they be remembered and memorialized? What lessons can we learn from them?
These are questions with no quick answers, but perhaps ones that might lead to a shared reckoning worthy of the sacrifices of those—troops and civilians alike—whose lives have been changed by more than a decade and a half of war.
Weston takes us from Twentynine Palms in California to Fallujah in Iraq, Khost and Helmand in Afghanistan, Maryland, Colorado, Wyoming, and New York City, as well as to out-of-the-way places in Iowa and Texas. We meet generals, corporals and captains, senators and ambassadors, NATO allies, Iraqi truck drivers, city councils, imams and mullahs, Afghan schoolteachers, madrassa and college students, former Taliban fighters and ex-Guantánamo prison detainees, a torture victim, SEAL and Delta Force teams, and many Marines.
The overall frame for the book, from which the title is taken, centers on soldiers who have received a grievous wound to the face. There is a moment during their recovery when they must look upon their reconstructed appearance for the first time. This is known as “the mirror test.” From an intricate tapestry of voices and stories—Iraqi, Afghan, and American—Weston delivers a larger mirror test for our nation in its global role. An unflinching and deep examination of the interplay between warfare and diplomacy, this is an essential book—a crucial look at America now, how it is viewed in the world and how the nation views itself.
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The Mirror Test Full Details
| Narrator | J. Kael Weston |
| Length | 22 hours 22 minutes |
| Author | J. Kael Weston |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 02, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780399567636 |
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The publisher of the The Mirror Test is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: iraq, afghanistan, state department, wounded, soldier, marine, grunt, american, middle east, california, fallujah, colorado, texas, gravestone, taliban, SEAL, obama, clinton, hillary clinton, intervention, george bush, saddam hussein, terrorism, iraq war books, war books, iran contra, the mirror test, military, war, military history, us history, american history, army, isis, dad gifts, gifts for dad, military history books, battles, gifts for history buffs, history, history books, fathers day gifts, history gifts, iraq war, 9 11, History, Military, Iraq War (2003-2011), History, Military, Afghan War (2001-), History, United States, 21st Century The BISAC Subject Code is History, Iraq War (2003-2011), Military
Additional info
The publisher of the The Mirror Test is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780399567636.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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