{"product_id":"2940170406968","title":"The Fighters: Americans In Combat In Afghanistan and Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers' unvarnished account of modern combat, told through the eyes of the fighters who have waged America's longest wars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers reported from both wars from their beginnings. \u003ci\u003eThe Fighters\u003c\/i\u003e vividly conveys the physical and emotional experience of war as lived by six combatants: a fighter pilot, a corpsman, a scout helicopter pilot, a grunt, an infantry officer, and a Special Forces sergeant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChivers captures their courage, commitment, sense of purpose, and ultimately their suffering, frustration, and moral confusion as new enemies arise and invasions give way to counterinsurgency duties for which American forces were often not prepared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fighters\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force, a portrait of modern warfare that parts from slogans to do for American troops what Stephen Ambrose did for the G.I.s of World War II and Michael Herr for the grunts in Vietnam. Told with the empathy and understanding of an author who is himself an infantry veteran, \u003ci\u003eThe Fighters\u003c\/i\u003e presents the long arc of two wars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098406600944,"sku":"2940170406968","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170406968_p0.jpg?v=1763709131","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170406968","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}