Will They Ever Trust Us Again?: Letters From the War Zone

by Michael Moore Narrated by Various Narrators, Michael Moore

Overview

American soldiers serve willingly. They risk their lives so the rest of us can be safe. The one small thing they ask is that they not be sent into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. But after being lied to about weapons of mass destruction and about the connection between al Qaeda and Iraq; after being forced by stop-loss orders to extend their deployment; after being under-trained, under-equipped, and overworked long after George Bush declared Iraq "Mission Accomplished," these soldiers have something to say.

From his famous 2003 Oscar acceptance speech to his record-breaking documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. But in this audiobook, Moore gives the spotlight to the real heroes of protest: the men and women who have fought in Iraq and want the American public to know how they feel about their mission and their commander in chief. Moore also fields letters from veterans of other wars and mothers, wives, and siblings of our soldiers in the field. They also express their anger and frustration, their tears and pain, and their hopes and prayers.

Impassioned, accessible, and moving, these are letters that reveal the true hearts and minds of the men, women, and families on the front line.

A Simon & Schuster audio production.

Editorial Reviews

FEB/MAR 05 - AudioFile

Filmmaker Michael Moore shares emails from his Web site, combining them into an audiobook. Multiple male and female readers bespeak the writers’ anger, sorrow, and profanity. All the correspondence is from U.S. service members, and all letters support Moore’s anti-Bush politics. The author reads a personal introduction, and a woman gives Moore’s short acceptance speech for his Oscar in 2004. A change of narrator every minute or so delivers pleasant variety, and the care taken to match the voice with each letter’s sender deserves praise. Still, the tedium produced by hearing five hours of disconnected paragraphs with the same message could have been lessened with a judicious abridgment. J.A.H. 2005 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

FEB/MAR 05 - AudioFile

Filmmaker Michael Moore shares emails from his Web site, combining them into an audiobook. Multiple male and female readers bespeak the writers’ anger, sorrow, and profanity. All the correspondence is from U.S. service members, and all letters support Moore’s anti-Bush politics. The author reads a personal introduction, and a woman gives Moore’s short acceptance speech for his Oscar in 2004. A change of narrator every minute or so delivers pleasant variety, and the care taken to match the voice with each letter’s sender deserves praise. Still, the tedium produced by hearing five hours of disconnected paragraphs with the same message could have been lessened with a judicious abridgment. J.A.H. 2005 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170801909
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	10/01/2004
Edition description:	Unabridged

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