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In Defense of Our Country: Survivors of Military Conflict
In Defense of Our Country Survivors of Military Conflict Author:Sheila Nelson, Sheila Stewart Whatever the reasons behind a war, there are always going to be people who are caught in the middle, people whose lives are changed forever. Whether the soldiers who fight in the war or the civilians who must try to survive the conflict that rages around them, war can be devastating. Wars have been going on for as long as anyone can remember, an... more »d no part of the world has been exempt. Today, there are thousands of survivors of recent wars living in the world today. They come from Africa, Asia, Europe, the United States, and from across the rest of the world. Many carry the physical and emotional scars from their experiences. Some have lost their homes. All have had their view of the world changed. So how did they survive? And how do they continue to cope with their experiences and their losses? The people in this book have gone through terrible things. Some have seen their families killed in front of them, others have killed both soldiers and civilians. What have they learned from the things they have gone through? The things they have discovered about themselves and about the world can show you things about your own life, even if you never experience anything similar.« less