Outside the Wire: American Soldiers' Voices from Afghanistan

A riveting collection of thirty-eight narratives by American soldiers serving in Afghanistan, Outside the Wire offers a powerful evocation of everyday life in a war zone. Christine Dumaine Leche―a writing instructor who left her home and family to teach at Bagram Air Base and a forward operating base near the volatile Afghan-Pakistani border―encouraged these deeply personal reflections, which demonstrate the power of writing to battle the most traumatic of experiences.
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