Nina Berman: Purple Hearts : Back From Iraq

Name: Nina Berman: Purple Hearts : Back From Iraq
Brand: Trolley Books

Trolley Books

Nina Berman: Purple HeartsBack From Iraq\nAuthor(s): Nina Berman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Trolley Books, United Kingdom\nImprint: Trolley Books\nISBN-13: 9781904563341, 978-1904563341\nSynopsis\nA Purple Heart, the honour given to US soldiers for their wounds, is one that many cling to when faced with the realities of both the return home and their time at war. Accompanying the images are first person interviews with the soldiers as they discuss why they enlisted and their experiences in the second Iraq war, as well as their lives now and the prospect of living as disabled veterans.\n\nThe images are accompanied by first person interviews with the young soldiers who discuss their lives, reasons for enlisting, experiences in Iraq and their prospects as disabled veterans, some of them blind, some without limbs, others brain damaged and wheel-chair bound.\n\nThe words and photos make for a complex portrait of American youth, their values, their dreams, the lack of opportunity facin""