The Untold Story of American Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan

The Untold Story of American Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan
The Real News Network
By Jaisal Noor
Thursday, 14 November 2013

Journalist Ann Jones discusses her new book: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars - The Untold Story.

TRANSCRIPT:

JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Jaisal Noor in Baltimore.

On this Veterans Day, the day America honors those who have served, we speak with the author of a newly released book that documents the toll that war takes on American soldiers. They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars - The Untold Story is a harrowing firsthand account from the trenches and mountains of Afghanistan, the culmination of over a decade of reporting from the front lines of America's longest war.

Now joining us is the book's author, Ann Jones. She's a journalist, photographer, the author of eight books, including Women Who Kill and Kabul in Winter.
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