Breaking Ranks

Iraq Veterans Speak Out against the War

Bibliographic Data

ID2436816
AuthorsMatthew C Gutmann (corresponding author)
Year2010
Pages234
Publication date2010-08-04
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueBreaking Ranks (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/9780520947900
OpenAlexW4245551172
Open LibraryOL29599208M
ISBN9780520947900
LanguageEN
Citations received47

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 Anne Lutz show how each individual's experiences led to new moral and political understandings and ultimately to opposing the war

Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Military, Security, and Education Studies · Philosophy · 2003-2011 · Iraq War · Veterans