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Breaking Ranks : Iraq Veterans Speak Out against the War - Matthew C. Gutmann

Breaking Ranks

Iraq Veterans Speak Out against the War

By: Matthew C. Gutmann, Catherine Lutz (Created by)

Paperback | 4 August 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Breaking Ranks brings a new and deeply personal perspective to the war in Iraq by looking into the lives of six veterans who turned against the war they helped to fight. Based on extensive interviews with each of the six, the book relates why they enlisted, their experiences in training and in early missions, their tours of combat, and what has happened to them since returning home. The compelling stories of this diverse cross section of the military recount how each journey to Iraq began with the sincere desire to do good. Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Lutz show how each individual's experiences led to new moral and political understandings and ultimately to opposing the war.

"Breaking Ranks eloquently documents the many ways that militarism infiltrates ordinary lives, and is a powerful reminder of the personal costs of war. A model of sensitive and perceptive analysis, Breaking Ranks reaches its audience on many levels."---Robert A. Rubinstein, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University

"Breaking Ranks is extraordinarily well written, lively, and compelling. This is the first book to combine gripping, personal stories of anti-war Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with rigorous academic analysis."---Aaron Glantz, author of The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans

"As Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Lutz show in this timely and important book, soldiers can and do think on their own and come to political and ethical conclusions that often run contrary to what the military might want, expect, or portray. In Breaking Ranks, Gutmann and Lutz give us a valuable addition to our understanding of soldiers, politics, and ethics."---Andrew Bickford, George Mason University
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"The book is noteworthy for capturing the multifaceted nature of veterans' experiences and performs a valuable service by providing a vehicle for the circulation of dissenting voices within the military." -- JoonHyun Michael Choi * American Anthropologist *

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