"Among the countless writers who have chronicled the past two decades of war, few possess the innate ability to capture the human experience, to craft a vivid mosaic from the brief, often violent moments that shape our existence. C.J. Chivers has proven himself a member of that rare breed of storyteller able to weave those disparate moments into meaningful, sometimes brutal historical context. In a style reminiscent of Ernie Pyle, Bernard Fall, and Mark Bowden, he draws on the grit, sweat, and raw emotion of war to tell a story as few can, with a reality so unflinchingly rich and powerful that it can be overwhelming for the uninitiated reader.
With The Fighters, Chivers returns to classic form, bringing to life a series of personal stories of war, drawn together across time and space with a common thread: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. From the early moments immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center to the lingering effects of war in the years that followed, Chivers explores the lives of six American servicemembers through their personal experiences, words, and thoughts: a strike fighter pilot (Layne McDowell, US Navy), a trauma medic (Hospital Corpsman Dustin "Doc" Kirby, US Navy), a scout helicopter pilot (Chief Warrant Officer Michael Slebodnik, US Army), a grunt (Specialist Robert Soto, US Army), an infantry platoon commander (Lieutenant Jarrod Neff, US Marines), and a Special Forces sergeant (Sergeant First Class Leo Kryszewski, US Army). The Fighters is an unvarnished account of modern war: riveting, provocative, and unflinchingly human…"
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