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How Soldiers Make Sense of an Unwinnable War  (Phil Klay)

How Soldiers Make Sense of an Unwinnable War (Phil Klay)

Update: 2025-11-11
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Phil Klay is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and National Book Award–winning author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground, whose work examines the moral and emotional toll of modern war. How do soldiers make sense of what they’ve done when the meaning of war keeps changing? Why does true patriotism demand not blind loyalty, but the courage to question—and to forgive? Released on Veterans Day, this conversation dives into the nature of service, moral injury, and the fight to keep faith—with one’s country, and with oneself.


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How Soldiers Make Sense of an Unwinnable War  (Phil Klay)

How Soldiers Make Sense of an Unwinnable War (Phil Klay)

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