Price of Duty by Todd Strasser

Lincoln Award 2021 Book

Description

My body may have returned home, but my brain is still wired for war. p6-7

"You're a real military man now." p17

Discussion

"You're a real military man now." p17 -- What does this mean? How does his grandpa mean it? Who does this exclude? How does it make Jake feel?

We're not making a stand for democracy or freedom. We're just a bunch of scared nineteen- and twenty-ear-olds doing whatever we can to stay alive. p29

People who have good intentions, but can't comprehend that in so many cases "service" means that it you're not dead, you're physically and psychologically crippled for life. It means you will never, ever be the same. p41

all of the Brandi chapter starting on p 82-- the purpose of JROTC/ recruiting practices and targets

war memorials discussion-- p124

drugs from the military- - p126

diversity/ inclusion in the military- 135

America has managed to be involved in some war somewhere for all but 17 of the past 240 years. p177

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