Army of One: Six American Veterans After Iraq - Softcover
“It’s not hard pulling a trigger, it’s not even hard picking up body parts . . . You’re just working. You gotta look at it that way, and you take that home with you.”―Jamie McFarland, New Orleans, Louisiana
We all know the numbers: two million US troops were deployed to designated combat zones in Iraq. Of them, 4,500 were killed in service. By the most conservative estimates, 30,000 were wounded, but this statistic fails to take into account the most common―and often just as disabling―category of combat-related injuries: post-traumatic stress disorder and related traumatic brain injury.
For Army of One, photographer Elisabeth Real looks beyond these numbers to the individual soldier. From 2006 to 2012, Real spent time with six men who served in Iraq and whose lives have been irreversibly altered by the war. Five of the men have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Through intimate photographs and in-depth interviews, Real tells their stories. “Army of One,” the since-retired recruitment slogan, suggests that, by taking your future into your hands, you will be as powerful as an army. Yet, for many soldiers, it has come to mean exactly the opposite. A single diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder can cost up to $1.5 million over a soldier’s lifetime, and many are left to suffer this condition alone―the lone warrior fighting a war he or she may never win. Real’s photographs capture the difficulties the men have faced since returning and how, in turn, the consequences of the combat experience have carried over to affect their families and other aspects of their civilian lives.
We all know the numbers: two million US troops were deployed to designated combat zones in Iraq. Of them, 4,500 were killed in service. By the most conservative estimates, 30,000 were wounded, but this statistic fails to take into account the most common―and often just as disabling―category of combat-related injuries: post-traumatic stress disorder and related traumatic brain injury.
For Army of One, photographer Elisabeth Real looks beyond these numbers to the individual soldier. From 2006 to 2012, Real spent time with six men who served in Iraq and whose lives have been irreversibly altered by the war. Five of the men have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Through intimate photographs and in-depth interviews, Real tells their stories. “Army of One,” the since-retired recruitment slogan, suggests that, by taking your future into your hands, you will be as powerful as an army. Yet, for many soldiers, it has come to mean exactly the opposite. A single diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder can cost up to $1.5 million over a soldier’s lifetime, and many are left to suffer this condition alone―the lone warrior fighting a war he or she may never win. Real’s photographs capture the difficulties the men have faced since returning and how, in turn, the consequences of the combat experience have carried over to affect their families and other aspects of their civilian lives.
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Elisabeth Real is a photographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Monocle, and many other publications. She lives in Switzerland.
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- PublisherScheidegger and Spiess
- Publication date2014
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Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Die Schweizer Fotojournalistin Elisabeth Real, geboren 1979, hat in den Jahren 2006 bis 2012 in den USA den schwierigen Alltag amerikanischer Veteranen des Irakkriegs fotografiert und sechs junge Männer zu ihrem Leben nach dem Einsatz befragt. 'Army of One' - der Titel greift den früheren Rekrutierungsslogan der US-Streitkräfte auf - richtet den Fokus auf die individuellen Geschichten der Soldaten, deren Leben durch den Einsatz irreversibel verändert wurde: Timmy, Rollings, Tristan, Tom, Jamie und Jasen versuchen, sich in ihrem Nachkriegsleben zurechtzufinden, obwohl sie alle unter Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung leiden. Aus der Armee entlassen, sind zahllose Soldaten mit den Depressionen und Angstzuständen, die nach schweren traumatischen Erlebnissen auftreten können, allein gelassen und ihre Angehörigen überfordert.Elisabeth Real hat die sechs Männer bei der Arbeit und in der Freizeit fotografiert, mit ihren Ehefrauen, Kindern, Grossvätern oder Freunden. Durch die in Ich-Form erzählten Geschichten bekommt das Schicksal, das so viele Veteranen erleiden, eine persönliche Stimme. Ein ergreifendes Lesebuch mit eindrücklichen Fotografien. Seller Inventory # 9783858817389
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