For Love of a Soldier

Jane Collins is a writer and researcher who has contributed to Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists and Against U.S. Foreign Policy Post-9/11, both edited by Mary Susannah Robbins.

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgementsChapter 2 Introduction: Love the Soldier, Hate the WarChapter 3 1 Nancy Lessin and Charley RichardsonChapter 4 2 Dinah MasonChapter 5 3 Jessica WhiteChapter 6 4 John FentonChapter 7 5 Sarah TylerChapter 8 6 Sarah FuhroChapter 9 7 Tiki FuhroChapter 10 8 Stacy BannermanChapter 11 9 Michael PerkinsChapter 12 10 Anne SappChapter 13 11 Claire AndréChapter 14 12 Nan BeckwithChapter 15 13 Anne ChayChapter 16 14 Melida ArredondoChapter 17 15 Bob WatadaChapter 18 16 Denise ThomasChapter 19 17 Larry SyversonChapter 20 18 Pat AlvisoChapter 21 19 Laura KentChapter 22 20 JoAnn GrossChapter 23 21 Stacy HafleyChapter 24 22 Linda WasteChapter 25 23 Joyce and Kevin LuceyChapter 26 24 Brenda HerveyChapter 27 25 Tim KahlorChapter 28 26 Catherine SmithChapter 29 27 Gilda CarbonaroChapter 30 Conclusion: The Damage Done, and How to Heal ItChapter 31 About the Author

If you want to know what families experience when their children go off to war, read this book! These are your neighbors—'people just stepping out of their regular lives to make a point.' Listening to them will help put war in its human context, something many in Washington seem incapable of.