{"product_id":"final-salute-isbn-9780143115458","title":"Final Salute","description":"They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Major Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which there can be no training: casualty notification. In \u003ci\u003eFinal Salute\u003c\/i\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler weaves together the stories of the fallen, the broken homes they have left behind, and one man's effort to help heal the wounds of those left grieving. But it is not a book about war, politics, or liberal vs. conservative. Achingly beautiful and honest, it is a book that every American-every human-can embrace.\" One of the great underreported stories of the Iraq war.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" A must-read account.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" A powerful counterpoint to the impersonal statistics and verbal camouflage of military euphemisms that sanitize the true horror of war and dehumanize those who serve.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Sheeler\u003c\/b\u003e is the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of a Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper feature on the war in Iraq that led to a book, \u003ci\u003eFinal Salute\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award in nonfiction.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302397333733,"sku":"NP9780143115458","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115458.jpg?v=1767726873","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/final-salute-isbn-9780143115458","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}