Bücher veröffentlicht von Dead Reckoning Collective

Critics of war are often labeled treasonous lunatics. Even those who are critical of the government are scrutinized and dragged through the mud. Young men and women volunteer to fight wars on their nation's behalf, and we should commend them for their actions, but we should question the steps to board ships and planes bound for foreign soil before their military service is required.Major General Smedley Butler was a 2x Medal of Honor recipient and an advocate for those he lead to war. His legacy is rich with valor in combat but also the bureaucratic fight on the homefront. From exposing war-profiteering to campaigning for veterans benefits that provide returning US troops with rich opportunities in the present day, "Old Gimlet Eye" was an American hero you surely did not read about in school."War is a racket, it always has been," and it still is.

Eighteen months after the city of Al-Falluja was torn apart by vicious fighting, a reserve infantry battalion took over the deadly Area of Operations. Among the Marines was a young, empathetic artist eager to prove his worth as a warrior. These are his recollections - through the eyes of phantoms.

Where do we go when our war ends? How should we feel when we leave it? How can we love a place so much when it's come so close to taking our lives so many times? Sangin, Then and Now is a stoic collection of poetry from a lifelong loyal subject of the commonwealth. The verses within tell the story of a young man following in the footsteps of his father as we accompany him on a journey to war and back.It is a rationale for the dangers we face in staying in a toxic relationship with professions and landscapes trying to swallow us whole.

"The Marines are a cult that works. They are a gang that's lawful." ---These words played on a PBS documentary about the Marine Corps while Mason sat on a couch wondering what to do after college. In search of something unnamed, the poems in Rock Eater tell the story of what he found as a Machine Gunner in the Marine Corps. It is a love letter to Marines and a middle finger to everything else. It is an exploration of identity, loyalty, culture, violence, love, hate, loss, addiction, trauma, forgiveness, and healing through poetry. Above all, Rock Eater is an answer to the question, "what happens when a man gets turned into a weapon and aimed at nothing?"