title: The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq
author:  Helen Benedict 
description: Benedict's book, filled with compelling and heartbreaking stories, is a groundbreaking testament to the bravery, resilience, and almost insurmountable obstacles faced by women stationed in Iraq.Deirdre Sinnott, <i>ForeWord</i><br /><br />"Whether the soldiers' language is plainspoken or poetic, Helen Benedict's book gives them a place to tell their stories. . . . <i>The Lonely Soldier</i> has strong merit as an account of women's military experience in this long and reckless war."Amy Herdy, <i>Ms.</i><br /><br />"Benedict's brilliant and compassionate reporting is neither left nor rightit's human. . . . You know these womenthey are your mother, sister, cousin, daughter. Their stories of injustice in the U.S. military will tear your guts out."Dale Maharidge, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning <i>And Their Children after Them</i><br /> <br />"<i>The Lonely Soldier</i> will shock you and enrage you and bring you to tears. It's must reading for everyone who cares about women, justice, fairness, the military, and the United States."Katha Pollitt, award-winning columnist, <i>The Nation</i><br /><br />"A stunning chronicle of abuses suffered by women enlisted in the U.S. Army and serving in Iraq."<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br /><br />"It is hard to determine what is most disturbing about this bookthe devious and immoral tactics used by leaders and recruiters to get women to join the military, the terrible poverty and personal violence women were escaping that led them to be vulnerable to such manipulation, the raping and harassing of women soldiers by their superiors and comrades once they got to Iraq, or the untreated homelessness, illnesses, and madness that have haunted [these] women since they came home. . . . A crucial accounting of the shameful war on women who gave their bodies, lives, and souls for their country."Eve Ensler, playwright, performer, activist, and author of <i>The Vagina Monologues</i>
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  This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents are
  products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are
  not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead,
  actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  First Edition. November 11, 2019.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 Brittany Anne. All Rights Reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner
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  Written by Brittany Anne.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ASIN: B07Y24H1WY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To all the brave members of our armed forces, past, present, and future.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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