Veteran Friendships across Lifetimes: Brothers and Sisters in Arms seeks to add to the larger conversation about the “Band of Brothers” phenomenon by focusing on stories of survival after service members return home. Based on five years of research, including in-depth interviews with fifty servicemen and women, this book explores the interrelationship between camaraderie and contentment. Specifically looking at how military friendships translate from the battlefield into civilian life and how they assist soldiers in gaining peace with the past, happiness in the present, and hope for the future. James Ward highlights the service member as an individual, not just a cog in the machine. Their stories help shed light on their paths. This text uses the themes of strength, kinship, and resilience to demonstrate that while many veterans are battling demons that remain from their war time experiences, those demons have not broken them.
