TITLE

Personal Tragedies Illuminate the Consequences of War

AUTHOR(S)

Purdy, Matthew

PUB. DATE

June 2008

SOURCE

Nieman Reports;Summer2008, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p68

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The author, a reporter for "The New York Times" newspaper, presents a first person account of his participation in a series of articles written by the paper on homicides committed by U.S. soldiers after their return from the Iraq War.

ACCESSION #

33321184

 

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