{"product_id":"the-fighters-americans-in-combat-9781451676662","title":"The Fighters: Americans in Combat","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe harrowing account of US soldiers caught in America's forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"relentless...a classic of war reporting,\" by Pulitzer Prize winner and former Marine C.J. Chivers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001, and C.J. Chivers reported on 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chivers 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Fighters\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"gripping, unforgettable\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of modern warfare. Told with the empathy and understanding of an author who is himself an infantry veteran, \u003ci\u003eThe Fighters\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a masterful work of atmospheric reporting, and it's a book that will have every reader asking--with varying degrees of urgency or anger or despair--the final question Chivers himself asks: 'How many lives had these wars wrecked?'\" (\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChivers, C. J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - C.J. Chivers is a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and a writer-at-large for \u003ci\u003ethe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. His magazine story \"The Fighter\" won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. In 2009 he was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for coverage from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Chivers served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps in the Persian Gulf War and on peacekeeping duty during the Los Angeles riots. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gun \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighters. \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527616991506,"sku":"9781451676662","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e79f235e-16cd-4c9f-8cb8-6492182471f2.jpg?v=1731308507","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fighters-americans-in-combat-9781451676662","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}