Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
by Jim Sheeler
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Author: Jim SheelerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-28
ISBN: 0143115456
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Reviews of Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
Book Review: Graceful portrayal of all that has been lost
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a beautiful book, simply written, but its message is all too important to be missed. I wish all Americans would read this book: they should. My final year in college I studied "the gap" between military and civilian society, and this book eloquently illuminates so much of what civilians have forgotten and what they're missing - that we're at WAR, and the COST of these wars. It's pitiful in this democracy that our citizens are so distanced from the sacrifices made by so few people for so many people. It's pitiful that so many of our leaders who are in charge of sending our men and women into battle have never served in combat themselves, let alone have any children serving in the war. In WWI the draft was created so that not only the PRIVILEGED in society served!! It used to be an HONOR! Now our warriors are mostly forgotten on college campuses and from the majority of our media coverage. I think to that picture that was published (I don't remember where) of a white board (I think in Iraq) on which someone wrote, "The United States is not a war; the Marines Corps is at war. America is at the mall." And isn't that true? Since 9/11 we've been told to go about our business. But the sacrifices made at our Presidents' orders, and on the part of many Iraqi citizens so that they may someday have a better life, deserve to be paid attention to. People should be talking about this. Professors, reporters, our parents and neighbors... we need to REMEMBER. Regardless of how you feel about whether we should have gone in or not, it should not take away the appreciation for what all of these unfinished lives have sacrificed, and all that their families have sacrificed. The greatest gift we can give our military and their families is to REMEMBER. -Kara, proud Marine wife
Summary of Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Major Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which there can be no training: casualty notification. In Final Salute, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler weaves together the stories of the fallen, the broken homes they have left behind, and one man's effort to help heal the wounds of those left grieving. But it is not a book about war, politics, or liberal vs. conservative. Achingly beautiful and honest, it is a book that every American-every human-can embrace.Psychology & Counseling Books
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