There are a number of pieces out there now about what it is for ordinary men and women with lives and families to go to war - because we never stop trying to wrap our minds around that rite of passage and what it means to all of us . This half-hour look inside families as they approach and walk through that door is particularly good. Excellent interviews - and Helen Borten writes very well too. The piece is from 2002 - and is poised at the moment on the eve of the current "situation" - historical - but far from dated. Opportunities for relevance abound - sadly.

Note: (Description states program was produced in 1994 but that's not accurate).