Time Goes to War From World War II to the War on Terror Stories of Americans in Battle and on the Home Front

As The U.S. Faces A New Kind Of War, a war on terror, Time revisits the inspiring story of Americans in battle. From the front lines to the medical tents, from World War II and Korea to the Persian Gulf, here are memorable tales of life in wartime, presented just as they first appeared in Time, with all the jolt of breaking news. Here are Midway and Iwo Jima and the Chosin Reservoir, jungle patrols in Vietnam and the bombing of Baghdad. Here are the great commanders: MacArthur and Ridgway, "Bull" Halsey and "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf. Here is the machinery of war: the gutsy jeep, the elusive Stealth aircraft, the eerie Predator drone. And here too is the war that came to America on Sept. 11, 2001. The deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon reminded us of the resolute spirit of average Americans-New York City fire fighters, police and medics, and the courageous passengers of United Flight 93. As in that crisis, the emphasis in this volume is on the everyday soldier, the young Americans who answer the call to serve their country, the G.I.s and grunts whose stories best capture the experience of combat. Pictures tell stories too-and this lavishly illustrated volume presents some of the most memorable combat photographs ever taken. Special portfolios showcase the work of noted photojournalists Robert Capa, James Burrows and James Nachtwey. A series of Galleries capture war's other face: downtime and liberty, camaraderie and clowning, the thrill of a USO show-when Time Goes to War.Knauer, Kelly is the author of 'Time Goes to War From World War II to the War on Terror Stories of Americans in Battle and on the Home Front', published 2002 under ISBN 9781931933223 and ISBN 1931933227.