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Beyond Duty
by Shannon Meehan with Roger Thompson
"Powerful and heartbreaking…an honest and painfully intense reminder of the terrible costs of warfare."
Tim O’Brien, National Book Award-winning author of The Things They Carried
"A descent into war’s difficult terrain: Meehan’s voice reminds us that the bleeding continues on after the guns have gone silent."
Brian Turner, award-winning author of Here, Bullet and veteran of the Iraq War
"A profoundly moving and instructive memoir…required reading for everyone no matter their opinion of war in general."
Military Writers Society of America
"This strong, taut narrative ranks among the very best writing being done today about events on the frontline in Iraq."
James Hutchisson, The Citadel
"This memoir documents what the war in Iraq has been: young soldiers doing their heartbreaking best to do the right thing amid confusion, chaos and collateral damage."
Mary Russell, award-winning author of A Thread of Grace and The Sparrow
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A young soldier doing his heartbreaking best to do the right thing
Lt. Shannon P. Meehan was a tank platoon leader in the First Battalion, Twelfth Regiment of the U.S. Army’s legendary First Cavalry Division. Beyond Duty recounts his deployment to the Diyala Province of Iraq and his difficult return to the States. War transforms Meehan from a young man with clear ideals and ambitions to a worn soldier attempting to cope with the devastation with which that war forever marred his life. Meehan discovers the shattering consequences of a war without battle lines, revealing a powerful truth: a soldier can never say with certainty that he has killed only "bad guys".
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