{"product_id":"the-pretend-villages-inside-the-u-s-military-training-grounds-hardcover","title":"The Pretend Villages: Inside the U.S. Military Training Grounds - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Sims\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Sims\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWells Tower\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pretend Villages\u003c\/i\u003e documents the inhabitants and structures of imagined, fabricated Iraqi and Afghan villages on the training grounds of US military bases. Situated in the deep forests of North Carolina and Louisiana and in a great expanse of desert near Death Valley in California, these villages serve as strange and poignant way stations for soldiers headed off to war, and for those who have fled from it: American troops encounter actors, often recent immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan, who are paid to be  cultural role-players.  Christopher Sims photographed in these surprising and fantastical realms over a fifteen-year period as US wars abroad fluctuated in intensity. With this book, he presents an archival record of  enemy  village life that is as convincingly accurate and comically misdirected as it is mundane and nightmarish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53738438459756,"sku":"9783969000014","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/13953e67e25dd86b26f507b51520c65b.webp?v=1778435948","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/the-pretend-villages-inside-the-u-s-military-training-grounds-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}