![]() An unflinching story of homecoming and the after-war, Anthony has been to the brink and back. An intense memoir." - Kirkus "Michael Anthony's Civilianized howls with hard-earned wisdom. I won't soon forget this book." - Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers "his at-times darkly comic memoir serves as an important reminder of the human cost of America's involvement in overseas conflicts. ![]() That it is not so much the intensity of combat that derails a soldier but the flatness of its absence. ![]() That what messed with him most was not the brutality of his foes but the moral bankruptcy of certain commanders. But what stayed with me most, I think, were the quiet punches to the gut: That to kill oneself, one must not only feel like dying, but like killing, and the feelings could not be farther apart. "Michael Anthony writes with emotional clarity, dark wit, and unpremeditated honesty. ![]()
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