Thank You For Your Service.

FINKEL, David [Madeleine K. Albright].

$600.00

Item Number: 149016

New York: Library of Congress, 2013.

First edition of Finkle’s insightful look into the lives of the American soldiers. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. With an autograph transmittal letter on a Center for a New American Security card to Albright laid in. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don’t need any of those three “Ds” to happen.” After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. For Albright’s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown from, “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Jacket photograph by Damon Winter.

Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel provides a poignant and insightful look into the lives of American soldiers returning home from Iraq, focusing on the psychological and emotional toll of war. Finkel, a journalist who previously covered the Iraq War, follows the lives of several veterans as they struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), reintegration into civilian life, and the challenges of coping with their experiences. Through detailed personal narratives, Finkel examines the enduring impact of war on both the soldiers and their families, as well as the limitations of institutional support systems. The book highlights the difficulty of transitioning from combat to home life and critiques the broader American approach to veteran care. Thank You for Your Service is both an intimate portrayal of individual suffering and a broader commentary on the societal responsibility to care for those who have served in war.