Bøker av Caleb S. Cage

A collection of loosely connected short stories set during the early stages of the Iraq War (2004 and 2005). The stories rotate from battles with insurgents and the drudgery of the war machine in Iraq to Nevada, where characters are either preparing for war, escaping it during their leave, or returning home having seen what they've seen.

A tightly packed and provocative book containing a series of connected essays on the many competing narratives - both fiction and nonfiction - that are used to explain recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, how those narratives are perceived through preexisting social, political, and literary lenses, and how they often fall short.

From chaotic security planning to personal debates on the principles of democracy, the authors discuss how Iraqis perceived the value of their first post-Saddam elections and the political future of their country as it tries to reinvent itself in the wake of a dictator's fall. It gives a personal perspective on the second stage of the war in Iraq.