PositiveLos Angeles Review of BooksMilitary service is one identity that implicitly undergirds much of his writing, but he also claims other identities ... This demarcation can seem jarring. Klay distinguishes his identity as an American citizen from his specific identity as a former military serviceman precisely to connect civic responsibility to all Americans, not just those who have been in the military ... To move beyond this particularity risks becoming both insincere and unwise when providing much-needed analysis on these wars. Klay’s greatest achievement––and why this book deserves to be read widely—is his work to make visible the invisible by vulnerably writing about his own meaning-making.
