Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning

One of NPR's Best Books of 2019

“Lyrical . . . A thoughtful perspective on America’s role overseas.” —Washington Post

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

Toward the beginning of Places and Names, Elliot Ackerman sits in a refugee camp in southern Turkey, across the table from a man named Abu Hassar, who fought for al-Qaeda in Iraq and whose connect...