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Uncertain ground : citizenship in an age of endless, invisible war  Cover Image Book Book

Uncertain ground : citizenship in an age of endless, invisible war / Phil Klay.

Klay, Phil, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780593299241
  • ISBN: 0593299248
  • Physical Description: xix, 252 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
"The essays in this book were originally published 2010-2021." -- Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:
Death and memory -- How we mourned, why we fought -- Left behind -- What we're fighting for -- Fear and loathing in Mosul -- We have no idea what we're doing in Iraq. We didn't before we killed Suleimani -- War, loss, and unthinkable youth -- Citizen-soldier : moral risk and the modern military -- The good war -- Duty and pity -- The lesson of Eric Greitens, and the Navy SEALs who tried to warn us -- The warrior at the mall -- The soldiers we leave behind -- A history of violence -- After war, a failure of the imagination -- Fact and fiction -- Public rage won't solve any of our problems -- Visions of war and peace : literature and authority in World War I -- Tales of war and redemption -- Man of war -- Can the trauma of war lead to growth, despite the scars?
Subject: Klay, Phil.
United States. Marine Corps > Biography.
Civil-military relations > United States.
War and society > United States.
United States > Armed Forces > Public opinion.
United States > Military policy > Public opinion.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
United States > Politics and government > 2017-2021.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Essays.

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Pease Public Library 359.96 KLAY
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