The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq

Book, 2007, 237 pp
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In spring 2003, young Oklahoman Joshua Key was sent to Ramadi, Iraq, as part of a combat engineer company. The war he found himself participating in was not the campaign against terrorists and evildoers he had expected. Key saw Iraqi civilians beaten, shot, and killed, or maimed for little or no provocation. After seven months in Iraq, Key was home on leave and knew he could not return. So he took his family and went underground in the United States, finally seeking asylum in Canada after fourteen months in hiding.

Detailing the grinding horrors of life as part of an occupying force, The Deserter’s Tale is the story of a conservative-minded family man and patriot who went to war believing unquestioningly in his government’s commitment to integrity and justice, and how what he saw in Iraq transformed him into someone who could no longer serve his country.

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TypePrint
GenreBiography/Memoir
ExpressionNarrative/Novel/Story
TopicWar and Genocide, Military Veterans
AudienceAdults
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGrove Press
CollectionUSA
ISBN9780802143457

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