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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Heyday
ISBN-10
1597145149
ISBN-13
9781597145145
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038594550
Product Key Features
Book Title
Patriotic Dissent : America in the Age of Endless War
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-017750
Reviews
"Major Danny Sjursen gives readers a right seat ride on his transformation from a U.S. Army commander in Iraq to a veteran truth activist. His story proves that anyone can rise from the ashes of moral injury when the nation betrays the social contract to an American soldier."--Garett Reppenhagen, executive director of Veterans For Peace, OIF veteran U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division "Major Danny Sjursen is the real deal, a combat veteran and survivor of our forever wars who writes like a dream. This is a scathingly honest, no-holds-barred, account of one man's disillusionment. Sjursen knows the perils of battle and understands the dangers of being lied to. His devotion to country is as deep as it is inspiring. This powerful book is a great achievement, rich in pain and moral understanding. Everyone should read it."--Robert Scheer, author of How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam , co-founder and editor of Truthdig.com, "Tyrants, oppressors and exploiters, Eugene V. Debs observed, always wrap themselves in the cloaks of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the public. The true patriots, as Danny Sjursen understands, are not the crowds of flag-waving cheerleaders used and manipulated by the ruling elites to stifle dissent, but those isolated individuals who find the moral courage to speak uncomfortable truths and demand justice. True patriots, as Sjursen explains, make us a better people and a better nation. True patriots, like Martin Luther King or Debs, are usually viciously attacked in their lifetimes. But history exposes, long after true patriots are gone, who stood beside us and who wrapped themselves in the flag to betray us. Sjursen, a combat veteran and West Point graduate, brings to this book the weight of his experience and a moral clarity that delineates the true patriots from the imposters, and with that delineation the meaning of patriotism itself"-- Chris Hedges , author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning "Combining history with memoir, Patriotic Dissent bears the hallmarks of everything that Danny Sjursen writes. It is vivid, impassioned, uncompromising, and true. Here is a book that demands to be read and widely discussed."-- Andrew Bacevich is the author of numerous books, including American Empire and, most recently, the editor of American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition "Major Danny Sjursen gives readers a right seat ride on his transformation from a U.S. Army commander in Iraq to a veteran truth activist. His story proves that anyone can rise from the ashes of moral injury when the nation betrays the social contract to an American soldier."-- Garett Reppenhagen , executive director of Veterans For Peace, OIF veteran U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division "Major Danny Sjursen is the real deal, a combat veteran and survivor of our forever wars who writes like a dream. This is a scathingly honest, no-holds-barred, account of one man''s disillusionment. Sjursen knows the perils of battle and understands the dangers of being lied to. His devotion to country is as deep as it is inspiring. This powerful book is a great achievement, rich in pain and moral understanding. Everyone should read it."-- Robert Scheer , author of How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam , co-founder and editor of Truthdig.com "Major Danny Sjursen speaks and writes with a rare combination of passion, experience, intellectual honesty, and moral clarity. He is a legitimate soldier/scholar."-- Major General (Retired) Dennis Laich , author of Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots , and graduate of the U.S. Army War College and Harvard''s National and International Security Program "James Madison warned that America''s surest route to tyranny was abuse of the war power. US Army Major Danny Sjursen, in Patriotic Dissent , illustrates the truth of Madison''s warning by demonstrating that the longest period of war in our history is devouring our national soul. Major Sjursen''s remedy is patriotic dissent. That there is today precious little such dissent, even in the middle of our profound decay, could well signal ''Taps'' for our republic. But Major Sjursen takes it further. As the world confronts the rising dangers of a nuclear holocaust and a looming climate crisis, both threatening human existence altogether, it isn''t simply the aspirational republic of America that is endangered, it''s everything. He writes: ''America''s--and the world''s--impending disaster has been a complex collective exercise in which all of us were long, if unwittingly, complicit.'' So, it will take all of us to save us--all of us acting as participatory principled patriots."-- Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson , US Army (retired), former chief of staff to the secretary of state, professor of government and public policy at the College of William and Mary, "Combining history with memoir, Patriotic Dissent bears the hallmarks of everything that Danny Sjursen writes. It is vivid, impassioned, uncompromising, and true. Here is a book that demands to be read and widely discussed."-- Andrew Bacevich is the author of numerous books, including American Empire and, most recently, the editor of American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition "Major Danny Sjursen gives readers a right seat ride on his transformation from a U.S. Army commander in Iraq to a veteran truth activist. His story proves that anyone can rise from the ashes of moral injury when the nation betrays the social contract to an American soldier."-- Garett Reppenhagen , executive director of Veterans For Peace, OIF veteran U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division "Major Danny Sjursen is the real deal, a combat veteran and survivor of our forever wars who writes like a dream. This is a scathingly honest, no-holds-barred, account of one man's disillusionment. Sjursen knows the perils of battle and understands the dangers of being lied to. His devotion to country is as deep as it is inspiring. This powerful book is a great achievement, rich in pain and moral understanding. Everyone should read it."-- Robert Scheer , author of How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam , co-founder and editor of Truthdig.com "Major Danny Sjursen speaks and writes with a rare combination of passion, experience, intellectual honesty, and moral clarity. He is a legitimate soldier/scholar."-- Major General (Retired) Dennis Laich , author of Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots , and graduate of the U.S. Army War College and Harvard's National and International Security Program, "Tyrants, oppressors and exploiters, Eugene V. Debs observed, always wrap themselves in the cloaks of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the public. The true patriots, as Danny Sjursen understands, are not the crowds of flag-waving cheerleaders used and manipulated by the ruling elites to stifle dissent, but those isolated individuals who find the moral courage to speak uncomfortable truths and demand justice. True patriots, as Sjursen explains, make us a better people and a better nation. True patriots, like Martin Luther King or Debs, are usually viciously attacked in their lifetimes. But history exposes, long after true patriots are gone, who stood beside us and who wrapped themselves in the flag to betray us. Sjursen, a combat veteran and West Point graduate, brings to this book the weight of his experience and a moral clarity that delineates the true patriots from the imposters, and with that delineation the meaning of patriotism itself"-- Chris Hedges, author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning "Combining history with memoir, Patriotic Dissent bears the hallmarks of everything that Danny Sjursen writes. It is vivid, impassioned, uncompromising, and true. Here is a book that demands to be read and widely discussed."-- Andrew Bacevich is the author of numerous books, including American Empire and, most recently, the editor of American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition "Major Danny Sjursen gives readers a right seat ride on his transformation from a U.S. Army commander in Iraq to a veteran truth activist. His story proves that anyone can rise from the ashes of moral injury when the nation betrays the social contract to an American soldier."-- Garett Reppenhagen , executive director of Veterans For Peace, OIF veteran U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division "Major Danny Sjursen is the real deal, a combat veteran and survivor of our forever wars who writes like a dream. This is a scathingly honest, no-holds-barred, account of one man's disillusionment. Sjursen knows the perils of battle and understands the dangers of being lied to. His devotion to country is as deep as it is inspiring. This powerful book is a great achievement, rich in pain and moral understanding. Everyone should read it."-- Robert Scheer , author of How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam , co-founder and editor of Truthdig.com "Major Danny Sjursen speaks and writes with a rare combination of passion, experience, intellectual honesty, and moral clarity. He is a legitimate soldier/scholar."-- Major General (Retired) Dennis Laich , author of Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots , and graduate of the U.S. Army War College and Harvard's National and International Security Program, "Tyrants, oppressors and exploiters, Eugene V. Debs observed, always wrap themselves in the cloaks of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the public. The true patriots, as Danny Sjursen understands, are not the crowds of flag-waving cheerleaders used and manipulated by the ruling elites to stifle dissent, but those isolated individuals who find the moral courage to speak uncomfortable truths and demand justice. True patriots, as Sjursen explains, make us a better people and a better nation. True patriots, like Martin Luther King or Debs, are usually viciously attacked in their lifetimes. But history exposes, long after true patriots are gone, who stood beside us and who wrapped themselves in the flag to betray us. Sjursen, a combat veteran and West Point graduate, brings to this book the weight of his experience and a moral clarity that delineates the true patriots from the imposters, and with that delineation the meaning of patriotism itself"-- Chris Hedges , author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning "Combining history with memoir, Patriotic Dissent bears the hallmarks of everything that Danny Sjursen writes. It is vivid, impassioned, uncompromising, and true. Here is a book that demands to be read and widely discussed."-- Andrew Bacevich is the author of numerous books, including American Empire and, most recently, the editor of American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition "Major Danny Sjursen gives readers a right seat ride on his transformation from a U.S. Army commander in Iraq to a veteran truth activist. His story proves that anyone can rise from the ashes of moral injury when the nation betrays the social contract to an American soldier."-- Garett Reppenhagen , executive director of Veterans For Peace, OIF veteran U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division "Major Danny Sjursen is the real deal, a combat veteran and survivor of our forever wars who writes like a dream. This is a scathingly honest, no-holds-barred, account of one man's disillusionment. Sjursen knows the perils of battle and understands the dangers of being lied to. His devotion to country is as deep as it is inspiring. This powerful book is a great achievement, rich in pain and moral understanding. Everyone should read it."-- Robert Scheer , author of How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam , co-founder and editor of Truthdig.com "Major Danny Sjursen speaks and writes with a rare combination of passion, experience, intellectual honesty, and moral clarity. He is a legitimate soldier/scholar."-- Major General (Retired) Dennis Laich , author of Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots , and graduate of the U.S. Army War College and Harvard's National and International Security Program
Synopsis
What is patriotism in our volatile age? This incendiary work by Danny Sjursen is a personal cry from the heart by a once model U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate who became a military dissenter while still on active duty. Set against the backdrop of the terror wars of the last two decades, Sjursen asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism. Once a burgeoning believer and budding conservative, who performed an intellectual and spiritual about face, Sjursen calls for a critical exploration of our allegiances, and suggests a path to a new, more complex notion of patriotism. Equal parts somber and idealistic, this is a story about what it means to be an American in the midst of perpetual war, and what the future of patriotism might look like.
LC Classification Number
UA22.S58 2020
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