Thewarin Afghanistan impacted Americansin profoundways,yet only a small percentage of Americans know what it’slike to be there, fight there,come home from there, and then live the rest of their lives wondering if theirservice made a difference. This Troubled Ground goesthere—to the cold, dark, and heartbreaking tarmac at Dover AirForce Base, to the Kabul newsrooms, to briefing rooms, and to the deadly battlefields in their many forms across Afghanistan. Inspired by true events, this book follows a haunting, sometimes uplifting but ultimately tragic journey into war through the eyes of an Air Force officer searching for meaning as his path intersects with a mother’s desperate quest to find hope after her son is killed serving with the US Marinesin Afghanistan.