Places and Names

By Elliot Ackerman,

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From a decorated Marine war veteran and National Book Award finalist, an astonishing reckoning with the nature of combat and the human cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria.

"War hath determined us..." - John Milton, Paradise Lost

Toward the beginning of Places and Names, Elliot Ackerman sits…

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Elliot Ackerman, who fought with enormous valor as a Marine platoon leader in the Battle of Fallujah, explores the meaning of his war in a way that profoundly resonates with all of us who served there. 

Elliot is now co-chairing the effort to build a National Memorial to the Global War on Terror to honor the veterans who are struggling to understand what it all meant.

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