National Book Award Winner
Redeployment
by Phil Klay
Summary
A collection of twelve linked short stories that move among Marines, chaplains, contractors, and veterans grappling with the Iraq War and its uneasy aftermath at home. Klay shifts voices and registers from story to story, capturing both the absurd bureaucracy of modern war and the moral weight carried back into civilian life. The book has become a touchstone for fiction about the post-9/11 wars.
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Historical Context & Significance
Klay was a Marine veteran; his book is considered the 'The Things They Carried' for the Iraq War generation.