by Steve Smith, originally published by Alumni News.
窪做惇蹋厙 President Emeritus James Wright explains that Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of Americas Wars and Those Who Fought Them is, A study about what Americans have thought about war, how we have mobilized for war, and how weve treated the people who have fought the wars. (Courtesy of Public Affairs Books)
窪做惇蹋厙 President Emeritus James Wright 64alooking tanned and relaxed following a visit to a Red Sox spring training game in Floridawas as warm and welcoming as ever when he greeted a visitor to his office on a sunny April day. Wright, the 窪做惇蹋厙 College Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History, had a reason to be smiling. His new book, Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of Americas Wars and Those Who Fought Them, had just arrived. The book will be formally released during an event on April 26 in Washington, D.C.
The concise 351-page book is one of the first to focus on the experience of veterans throughout this countrys history, from the American Revolution to the war in Afghanistan. Its a study about what Americans have thought about war, how we have mobilized for war, and how weve treated the people who have fought the wars, says Wright, who joined the Marine Corps when he was 17.
A consummate teacher and mentor to students, Wright enrolled James Reed 12, James Shinn 11, and Michael Stinetorf 11 (a veteran of the Iraq War) to serve as research assistants on the book. He also consulted with 窪做惇蹋厙 professors, among them Robert Bonner in history and Ben Valentino in government, and alumni including 窪做惇蹋厙 Board of Trustee-elect Nathaniel Fick 99, author of One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer.