Book description
In May of 2005, the U.S. government finally acknowledged that the invasion of Iraq had spawned an insurgency. With that admission, training the Iraqi Forces suddenly became a strategic priority. Lt. Col. Bill Edmonds, then a Special Forces captain, was in the first group of "official" military advisors. He arrivedâŚ
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1 author picked God is Not Here as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A provocative title combines with an introspective account of one soldierâs slow descent into madness to provide an edgy read. I enjoyed Edmondsâ choice of a unique narrative device, jumping backward and forward in his story, to introduce the impossible questions with equally hard answers he faced advising an Iraqi official involved in interrogationâand Edmondsâ ensuing breakdown.
The lionâs share of war literature concerning moral injury and post-traumatic stress comes from âtrigger pullers.â But in God is Not Here, we see how war spares no one. And, in exposing warâs reach and how trauma can affect anyone, I believeâŚ
From E.M.'s list on moral injury and the dark night of the soul.
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