{"product_id":"no-mans-land-preparing-for-war-and-peace-in-post-9-11-america","title":"No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9\/11 America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the post-9\/11 wars wind down, a literature professor at West Point explores what it means for soldiers, and our country, to be caught between war and peace.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her critically acclaimed, award-winning book \u003ci\u003eSoldier's Heart, \u003c\/i\u003e Elizabeth D. Samet grappled with the experience of teaching literature at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Now, with \u003ci\u003eNo Man's Land, \u003c\/i\u003eSamet contends that we are entering a new moment: a no man's land between war and peace. Major military deployments are winding down, but soldiers are wrestling with the aftermath of war and the trials of returning home while also facing the prospect of low-intensity conflicts for years to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a range of experiences-from a visit to a ward of wounded combat veterans to correspondence with former cadets, from a conference on Edith Wharton and wartime experience to teaching literature and film to future officers-Samet illuminates an ambiguous passage through no man's land that has left deep but difficult-to-read traces on our national psyche, our culture, our politics, and, most especially, an entire generation of military professionals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNo Man's Land, \u003c\/i\u003eElizabeth D. Samet offers a moving, urgent examination of what it means to negotiate the tensions between war and peace, between over there and over here-between life on the front and life at home. She takes the reader on a vivid tour of this new landscape, marked as much by the scars of war as by the ordinary upheavals of homecoming, to capture the essence of our current historical moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3278711\"\u003eElizabeth D. Samet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250074935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250074932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027110\"\u003eMilitary | United States\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC026000\"\u003eSociology | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth D. Samet\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSoldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest and was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2007 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWilling Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of Consent in America, 1776-1898\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays and reviews have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e. Samet won the 2012 Hiett Prize in the Humanities and was also awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support the research and writing of a book about mythologies of the war veteran in Hollywood cinema. She is a professor of English at West Point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42638889386221,"sku":"9781250074935","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_627b8bfa-beb1-4068-9185-3f21e20689c4.jpg?v=1649043658","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/no-mans-land-preparing-for-war-and-peace-in-post-9-11-america","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}