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The tender soldier : a true story of war and sacrifice / Vanessa M. Gezari.

Gezari, Vanessa M., (author.).

Summary:

Part of the Pentagon's most daring and controversial attempt since Vietnam to bring social science to the Afghanistan battlefield, three tough-minded American civilians find their humanity tested and their lives forever changed by this little-known mission.

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  • ISBN: 9781439177396
  • ISBN: 1439177392
  • Physical Description: x, 347 pages : map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-327) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Election day -- What you don't know will kill you -- The tender soldier -- Maiwand -- The anthropology of us and them -- Hearts and minds -- Crime and punishment -- Good intentions -- The devil you don't know.

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Loyd, Paula.
Cooper, Clint.
Ayala, Don.
United States. Army. Human Terrain System.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Campaigns > Afghanistan > De Maywand Kārīz.
Counterinsurgency > Afghanistan > De Maywand Kārīz.
Applied anthropology > Afghanistan.
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Applied anthropology > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Social sciences > Research > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
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