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“[Captures] what journalists cannot, no matter how close they get—firsthand accounts from the warriors and the families they leave behind.”—Chicago Tribune

“One of the chanted mantras of our time is, ‘But I support the troops.’ Terrific. Now read Operation Homecoming to find out who they are, what they think, feel, want, have learned, won and lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
—Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal

Enloe profiles a Baghdad beauty parlor owner, a teenage girl who survived a massacre, an elected member of Parliament, the young wife of an Army sergeant, and an African American woman soldier.

This book details the history of the transition process that marked last two years of the U.S. military presence in Iraq. While the transition process was uniquely developed for Iraq, the policy and strategic lessons learned provide important data points that can inform how to end future conflicts.