Starred review from Publishers Weekly!
The everyday nitty-gritty of working in an U.S. Army hospital in Iraq, told by a disillusioned young soldier, makes for an eye-opening debut memoir.
Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception and Dishonor in Iraq
Michael Anthony. Adams, $22.95 (256p) ISBN 9781440501838
When SPC Anthony joined the Army at 18, he went in with high hopes and sterling ideals; coming from a family with a proud military background, Anthony expected to meet mentors, heroes and lifelong friends while earning money for college and becoming a man. What he discovered was a disenchanting web of mundane corruption and self-serving lies. Unlike accounts exposing the military's most shameful iniquities, Anthony's memoir focuses on an endless parade of petty offenses--the cowardice, drug addiction, thievery, adultery and rampant hypocrisy--he found while working in a base hospital. Relentlessly honest and reflective, Anthony's record communicates perfectly the stranglehold of sadness, fear and disappointment that came with his lost innocence; just as worse is his eventual acceptance of the pointless, dysfunctional bureaucracy maintaining the status quo. Avoiding the intensity of the battlefield and the OR itself, Anthony's frustrations resonate with the feelings of any young man learning about the nature of authority and his helplessness before it. Readers curious about the human side of the ongoing Iraqi conflict will be struck by Anthony's strong voice, direct storytelling and stark honesty. (Oct.)
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About Michael
I am author of the book Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq.
They say the Army makes a man out of you—but for 18-year-old SPC Michael Anthony, that fabled rite of passage proved a very dark journey. After...
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Michael.
Your blog enraged me to write a blog on just one of the companies doing business on behalf of the U.S. government, namely K.B.R. Inc. This is just one of hundreds of casualties proving the mismanagement and government lobbying of certain corporations involved in the Iraq and Afgan wars for the sole purpose of making money and their own greed. I felt compelled to write and hopefully inform the public of their callousness, disregard for human life and exploitation. Thank you for your inspiration and creativity through your synopsis. I hope my book store gets it soon.
Regards, Warren