Veteran Reflects on War, Writing

Author and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay gave a talk titled “Citizenship in an Age of Perpetual Conflict” during a visit to the Maxwell School this past October. He shared anecdotes from his recently released novel, Missionaries, which offers a depiction of the remote, yet interconnected ways that American-sponsored wars are waged across the globe. Klay’s previous book, Redeployment, includes a collection of stories from the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; it won the 2014 National Book Award. The event was part of the Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility that is coordinated by the Campbell Public Affairs Institute and co-sponsored by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families and the University’s Office of Veteran and Military Affairs. For more, visit maxwell.syr.edu/tanner.