{"product_id":"2940169369359","title":"Thank You for Your Service","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a MacArthur Fellow and the author of\u003ci\u003e The Good Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound look at life after war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them forever. Now Finkel has followed many of those same men as they¿ve returned home and struggled to reintegrate amp;mdash; both into their family lives and into American society at large.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ironically named \u003ci\u003eThank You for Your Service\u003c\/i\u003e, Finkel writes with tremendous compassion not just about the soldiers but about their wives and children. Where do soldiers belong after their homecoming? Is it possible, or even reasonable, to expect them to rejoin their communities as if nothing has happened? And in moments of hardship, who are soldiers expected to turn to if they feel alienated by the world they once lived in? These are the questions Finkel faces as he revisits the brave but shaken men of the 2-16.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a work of journalism, \u003ci\u003eThank You for Your Service\u003c\/i\u003e is an act of understanding amp;mdash; shocking but always riveting, unflinching but deeply humane, it takes us inside the heads of those who must live the rest of their lives with the chilling realities of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Macmillan Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116682330352,"sku":"2940169369359","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169369359_p0.jpg?v=1763680907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169369359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}