Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War by Edstrom, Erik

Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War

Eloquent, devastating . . . packed with gimlet-eyed analysis -- cultural, economic, historical -- of how American...
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Author: Erik Edstrom
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Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War by Edstrom, Erik

Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War

$74.00

Un-American: A Soldier's Reckoning of Our Longest War

$74.00
Author: Erik Edstrom
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Eloquent, devastating . . . packed with gimlet-eyed analysis -- cultural, economic, historical -- of how American life came to look the way it does . . . Edstrom's keen observational powers encompass both the physical world and social nuance. --Los Angeles Review of Books

A manifesto about America's unchallenged war machine, from an Afghanistan veteran and new kind of military hero.

Before engaging in war, Erik Edstrom asks us to imagine three, rarely imagined scenarios: First, imagine your own death. Second, imagine war from "the other side." Third: Imagine what might have been if the war had never been fought. Pursuing these realities through his own combat experience, Erik reaches the unavoidable conclusion about America at war. But that realization came too late--the damage had been done.

Erik Edstrom grew up in suburban Massachusetts with an idealistic desire to make an impact, ultimately leading him to the gates of West Point. Five years later, he was deployed to Afghanistan as an infantry lieutenant. Throughout his military career, he confronted atrocities, buried his friends, wrestled with depression, and struggled with an understanding that the war he fought in, and the youth he traded to prepare for it, was in contribution to a bitter truth: The War on Terror is not just a tragedy, but a crime. The deeper tragedy is that our country lacks the courage and conviction to say so.

Un-American is a hybrid of social commentary and memoir that exposes how blind support for war exacerbates the problems it's intended to resolve, devastates the people allegedly being helped, and diverts assets from far larger threats like climate change. Un-American is a revolutionary act, offering a blueprint for redressing America's relationship with patriotism, the military, and military spending.

Author: Erik Edstrom
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 05/19/2020
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781635573749


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020
Booklist 04/01/2020 pg. 7
Library Journal 03/20/2020 pg. 1

About the Author
Erik Edstrom graduated from West Point in 2007. He was then deployed to Afghanistan, where he served as infantry platoon leader. Erik spent the remainder of his military service as the Presidential Escort Platoon Leader during the Obama administration. He is a graduate of U.S. Army Ranger school, was selected for the U.S. Special Forces (SFAS), and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. After the military, Erik went on to earn an MBA and Master of Science at Oxford University. He lives in Boston.

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