Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War

by Charles Sheehan-Miles

Overview

Charles Sheehan-Miles' acclaimed debut novel was called "a work of pure psychological conflict" by Gannett Newspapers. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh said Prayer at Rumayla is an "...honest and unsparing account...a much needed corrective about a much-misunderstood war."

...A fast-paced, in-the-trenches Gulf War novel... -- VVA Veteran Magazine

...Honest and unsparing account...A much needed corrective... -- Seymour Hersh, Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize

As timely as tomorrow's newspaper headlines...Brutally honest, direct, and meaningful -- Midwest Book Review, February 2002

Bleak and disturbing... dead-on-target ...This first novel is a work of pure psychological conflict. -- Gannett Newspapers, December 22, 2001

Exposes the dirty underbelly of war... a must for anyone interested in the Gulf War as it really happened...highly recommended -- Desert-Storm.com

Profoundly moving, raw, exceptionally well executed...an expertly written psychological thriller...Prayer is easily one of the most impressive books reviewed in this blog. -- The PODler Book Review, May 6, 2007

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011435867
Publisher:	Cincinnatus Press
Publication date:	02/10/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	236 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Charles Sheehan-Miles is the author of Republic and Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War. He is currently writing Insurgent, the sequel to Republic.

Charles served in combat with the 24th Infantry Division during the 1991 Gulf War, and was decorated for valor for helping rescue fellow tank crewmen from a burning tank during the Battle at Rumayla. Since then, he has been a regular speaker on issues relating to the Gulf War, ill veterans and the impact of post-traumatic stress.

He is a former President and co-founder of the National Gulf War Resource Center and has served on the board of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center. Prior to becoming executive director of Veterans for Common Sense in August 2004, he was director of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC. He continues to serve on the board of directions of Veterans for Common Sense.

Charles lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Veronica and their two children.