7. The Combatants’ Experiences

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Wars and Their Origins
6. 1. The Wars’ Entangled Roots: Regional Realities and Washington’s Vision 21
7. 2. 9/11: Bush’s Response 54
8. Part II. The Possibilities and Limits of American Military and Diplomatic Strategy
9. 3. Intelligence and the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 77
10. 4. Assessing Strategic Choices in the War on Terror 99
11. 5. Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq: Learning and Adapting under Fire at Home and in the Field 124
12. 6. Human Rights as a Weapon of War 147
13. Part III. Waging and the Wages of War
14. 7. The Combatants’ Experiences 175
15. 8. Fighting (against) the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 194
16. 9. Limited War in the Age of Total Media 220
17. 10. “Watching War Made Us Immune”: The Popular Culture of the Wars 238
18. Part IV. Lessons and Legacies
19. 11. Veterans’ Readjustment after the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 261
20. 12. The Lessons and Legacies of the War in Iraq 286
21. 13. The Lessons and Legacies of the War in Afghanistan 308
22. Timeline 333
23. Glossary 343
24. Notable Persons 351
25. About the Contributors 355
26. Index 359