BEHIND THE LINES: POWERFUL AND REVEALING AMERICAN AND FOREIGN WAR LETTERS-AND ONE MAN’S SEARCH TO FIND THEM

Book ID/图书代码： 09320004B08258

English Summary/英文概要： Andrew Carroll spent three years traveling throughout the United States and around the world to seek out the most powerful and unforgettable letters ever written during American wars.

Behind the Lines is the result of that extraordinary trip and represents the first book of its kind: a dramatic, intimate, and revealing look at warfare as seen through the personal correspondence of US and foreign troops and civilians who have experienced major conflicts firsthand. From handwritten missives penned during the American Revolution to e-mails from Afghanistan and Iraq, Behind the Lines captures the full spectrum of emotions -- exhilaration, fear, devotion, despair, courage, heartache, patriotism, rage, and even humor -- expressed in times of war.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1998年，安德鲁·卡洛尔创立了“遗产工程”，其目的是保存士兵们的信件，以纪念那些曾为国家服役的人们。此后，大约五万封信从全国各地寄到他的手里。卡洛尔从中精心选出一些信件，编著成这部美国军人战时通信集，其内容涵盖了美国内战、两次世界大战、朝鲜战争、冷战、越战、海湾战争，以及美军在索马里和波斯尼亚的军事行动。在这些书信中，你可以读到美国士兵所经历的最惨烈的战斗，思乡的士兵和爱人之间的真心表白，以及人们对战争本质与人性的深刻思索。最令人感慨的或许是，很多战士在写信后不久就战死沙场，这里的信件成了他们留给家人的最后消息。《美军战争家书》收录了众多普通士兵、护士、教士、记者甚至间谍与他们的家人、朋友的通信，也收录了一些传奇式人物从前不曾发表过的信件，例如舍曼、巴顿、老罗斯福、戴维斯、麦克阿瑟、蔡尔德、艾森豪威尔、施瓦茨科夫等名人。这些具有历史价值的书信是美国战争史的真实记录。对于那些曾为这个国家而战的人们，这本书信集是永恒不朽的纪念。本书由美国艾森豪威尔研究中心新奥尔良大学教授道格拉斯·布林克利作序。

Awards/获奖情况："Extraordinary...Achieve[s] an evocative power rare even in the best war literature."---Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

"Andrew Carroll studies the human side of war in this stirring, moving, and sometimes hilarious collection."---Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down

"Each letter is extraordinary in its own right, but together they illuminate war as it is rarely seen.... This is a book born of great passion. This is a book with tremendous heart and soul."--- James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys

Starred Review. After it was released in June of 2001, Carroll’s War Letters shot onto bestseller lists as the U.S. entered its first major war in 10 years. That collection selected 150 letters from 50,000 Carroll received after a Dear Abby mention of his Legacy Project, founded in 1998 to preserve soldiers’ letters home; the book ranged from the Civil War to Bosnia. This follow-up reaches from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq and offers 200 letters along with 72 b&w photos and illustrations. All the letters were written "during major American wars," but not necessarily by soldiers or by Americans; Carroll culled many of them globe-trotting through 35 countries, from Poland to Iraq, over the past year (he tells the story of his journey in a moving introduction). As for the letters themselves, Carroll has made the very wise editorial decision of printing them as they were written, with misspellings, odd line breaks and regional references intact; letters in translation reproduce idioms and distinctive grammatical turns word for word. The letters are, almost without exception, arresting in their earnestness, sincerity and passion, and diverse in their sentiments—brave, fearful, amorous, angry, resigned, conniving, unbalanced, stoical. The result is captivating in its immediacy. Short head notes provide succinct context, but most speak for themselves. 50-state author tour. (May 10)---From Publishers Weekly

Compilations of war letters written by soldiers in combat zones have become an increasingly familiar genre in recent years. But this collection is unique, both in scope and content. Carroll traveled to more than 30 countries on five continents to search for these letters, and his encounters on his travels are just as interesting as the letters. Historically, the letters range from the Revolutionary War to the current conflict in Iraq. They include letters from American and Allied soldiers, but they also include correspondence from enemy soldiers and their wives and loved ones. There are numerous gems here. A Revolutionary War soldier tries to reassure his wife and mother concerning his safety. A French mother chillingly urges her son to fight in World War I or she will disown him as a coward. A British soldier captured during the fall of Singapore describes the physical and emotional pain of a Japanese POW camp. The wife of a Turkish soldier killed at Gallipoli poignantly relates her loneliness and material deprivation. In general, the letters are subdued and seem to cry out for understanding of the horrors of war. This is a wonderful book that should remind us of the grinding pain endured by both those who serve and those who wait for them. Carroll is also the compiler of the similar and well-received War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from the American Wars (2001).---Jay Freeman, From Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： Andrew Carroll is the editor of three New York Times bestsellers, including Letters of a Nation and War Letters. Visit www.warletters.com.

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