TY - GEN N2 - In every American conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, American military men and women have captured the horror, pathos and intensity of battle by writing letters home. Collecting 50,000 war letters, using the most compelling and enlightening of the missives and newly discovered home movies, this tells the story of American wars from the viewpoint of the men and women on the frontlines and those who waited at home. AB - In every American conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, American military men and women have captured the horror, pathos and intensity of battle by writing letters home. Collecting 50,000 war letters, using the most compelling and enlightening of the missives and newly discovered home movies, this tells the story of American wars from the viewpoint of the men and women on the frontlines and those who waited at home. T1 - War lettersstories of courage, longing and sacrifice / DA - [2002], c2001. CY - Burbank, CA : AU - Kenner, Robert. AU - Taylor, Paul. AU - Allen, Joan, AU - Bridges, Jordan, AU - Gehrman, Chris. AU - Hagiwara, Mike. AU - McRaney, Gerald. AU - Morales, Esai. AU - Norton, Edward. AU - Paxton, Bill. AU - Pierce, David Hyde. AU - Ribisi, Giovanni, AU - Sedgwick, Kyra. AU - Spacey, Kevin. AU - Stoltz, Eric, AU - Turner, Lawrence. AU - Vance, Courtney B. AU - Reichline, Neil. AU - Feinstein, Leonard. AU - Adler, Mark. AU - Carroll, Andrew, CN - E181 CN - E181 PB - PBS Home Video : PB - WGBH Education Foundation : PB - Distributed by Warner Home Video, PP - Burbank, CA : LA - Closed-captioned. PY - [2002], c2001. N1 - Based on Andrew Carroll's New York Times bestseller "War letters: extraordinary correspondence from American wars." ID - 314406 KW - Soldiers KW - War stories, American. KW - American letters. KW - Soldiers' writings, American. SN - 0780638026 SN - 9780780638020 TI - War lettersstories of courage, longing and sacrifice / ER -