Voices from the Front: Turkish Soldiers on the War with the Kurdish Guerrillas

by Nadire Mater

Book Overview

These riveting first-hand accounts of Turkish soldiers who have fought in the internal war against Kurdish guerillas speak to universals: the shock of entering military life and the traumas of warfare; the changes in personality and relations with family and friends; the lingering emotional effects of violence; and the difficulties in returning to the "real world." Mater's reportage is in the best tradition of revealing the surreal, illuminating the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403961204
• ISBN13: 9781403961204
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"