Author: Phil Klay

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I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war.

I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war.

- Phil Klay

If you're going to write about war, the ugly side is inevitable. Suffering and death are obviously part of war.

If you're going to write about war, the ugly side is inevitable. Suffering and death are obviously part of war.

- Phil Klay

You're not supposed to risk your life just for the physical safety of American citizens - you're supposed to risk your life for American ideals as well.

You're not supposed to risk your life just for the physical safety of American citizens - you're supposed to risk your life for American ideals as well.

- Phil Klay

I saw so many radically different versions of Iraq. It would have been difficult for me to come back and think, 'This is the Iraq experience.'

I saw so many radically different versions of Iraq. It would have been difficult for me to come back and think, 'This is the Iraq experience.'

- Phil Klay

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