<div>&ldquo;Unsparing, scathingly direct, and gut-wrenching . . . the war Washington doesn&rsquo;t want you to see&rdquo; (Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Washington Rules) This &ldquo;uncompromisingly visceral&rdquo; account (Mother Jones) of what combat does to American soldiers comes from a veteran journalist who was embedded with troops in Afghanistan and reveals the harrowing journeys of the wounded, from the battlefield to back home. Along the way, the author of the acclaimed Kabul in Winter shows us the dead, wounded, mutilated, brain-damaged, drug-addicted, suicidal, and homicidal casualties of our distant wars, exploring the devastating toll such conflicts have taken on us as a nation. &ldquo;An indispensable book about America&rsquo;s current wars and the multiple ways they continue to wound not only the soldiers but their families and indeed the country itself. Jones writes with passion and clarity about the tragedies other reporters avoid and evade.&rdquo; &mdash;Marilyn Young, editor of Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam</div>

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They Were Soldiers

<div>&ldquo;Whether you&rsquo;re an individual woman looking for help or a reader looking for the truth about the thousands of women who are battered by the men they live with, Next Time, She&rsquo;ll Be Dead is the one book you should read.&rdquo; &mdash;Gloria Steinem At least 1 in 4 women will be abused during her lifetime&mdash;that is 25% of our mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, and friends. Thousands will be killed. As author Ann Jones observes, despite its devastation battering is regarded not as a serious crime, but instead as an inevitable &ldquo;problem&rdquo; blandly labeled &ldquo;domestic violence.&rdquo; Stories of household assaults and murders are all over the news, but the blame is usually pinned on the woman who is said to have either provoked the attack or failed to &ldquo;leave.&rdquo; In this groundbreaking book, Jones points instead to the many factors in society that promote, trivialize, and perpetuate brutality against women: from popular psychology, academic &ldquo;expertise,&rdquo; mass media, and pop culture, to the criminal justice system and the law itself. Delving deep into the history, legality, and personal politics of male violence against wives and girlfriends, Next Time, She&rsquo;ll Be Dead fearlessly reframes the issue. This critically acclaimed masterwork offers productive ways of thinking and speaking about battering and explains what must be done to stop it. </div>

Next Time, She'll Be Dead

<div>This landmark study offers a rogues&rsquo; gallery of women&mdash;from the Colonial Era to the 20th century&mdash;who answered abuse and oppression with murder: &ldquo;A classic&rdquo; (Gloria Steinem). Women rarely resort to murder. But when they do, they are likely to kill their intimates: husbands, lovers, or children. In Women Who Kill, journalist Ann Jones explores these homicidal patters and what they reflect about women and our culture. She considers notorious cases such as axe-murderer Lizzie Borden, acquitted of killing her parents; Belle Gunness, the Indiana housewife turned serial killer; Ruth Snyder, the &ldquo;adulteress&rdquo; electrocuted for murdering her husband; and Jean Harris, convicted of shooting her lover, the famous &ldquo;Scarsdale Diet doctor.&rdquo; Looking beyond sensationalized figures, Jones uncovers different trends of female criminality through American history&mdash;trends that reveal the evolving forms of oppression and abuse in our culture. From the prevalence of infanticide in colonial days to the poisoning of husbands in the nineteenth century and the battered wives who fight back today, Jones recounts the tales of dozens of women whose stories, and reasons, would otherwise be lost to history. First published in 1980, Women Who Kill is a &ldquo;provocative book&rdquo; that &ldquo;reminds us again that women are entitled to their rage.&rdquo; This 30th anniversary edition from Feminist Press includes a new introduction by the author (New York Times Book Review).</div>

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