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Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War Hardcover – September 8, 2020

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What is patriotism in our volatile age?

This incendiary work by Danny Sjursen is a personal cry from the heart by a once model U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate who became a military dissenter while still on active duty. Set against the backdrop of the terror wars of the last two decades, Sjursen asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism. Once a burgeoning believer and budding conservative, who performed an intellectual and spiritual about face, Sjursen calls for a critical exploration of our allegiances, and suggests a path to a new, more complex notion of patriotism. Equal parts somber and idealistic, this is a story about what it means to be an American in the midst of perpetual war, and what the future of patriotism might look like.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Evolution of Patriotism
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If you ever feel conflicted about wanting to support American troops, yet also not wanting illogical, endless wars, read this book. Maj Sjursen does an excellent job of distilling some difficult concepts into a clear-eyed, articulate argument for why the current, socially-accepted concept of patriotism might need to evolve. Being both a combat officer, and a West Point professor of history, he not only gives the reader a "boots on the ground" perspective of unchecked militarism gone too far, but also provides historical examples of people who were truly patriotic through challenging their government's actions rather than blindly accepting them. The world is only getting more complex, and it is time for everyone to start thinking more deeply about the things we accept, and fight against. When it comes to American war and foreign policy, this is a great book read and consider for deeper insight.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Things you didn’t learn in history class
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023
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What is patriotism? Great book, well written, balanced. Those on both sides of many issues may not always agree with the author’s stance on things, but he does present the facts and rationale behind his conclusions. Worth a read whether you agree with him or not.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A difficult truth
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2022
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Having been raised in the prevailing rhetoric, this book brings a sobering view that explains how and why this country is politically corrupt. Next challenge for me is to find an alternate view to this work written with the same objectivity. The must be good of there still.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021
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An excellent overview by an author who has truly "been there, done that!" Thoughtful, insightful, and very revealing. Highly recommended.
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Daniel L. Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Grandfather's Patriotism...
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
This book, I'll admit, was hard to read. Not because of any difficulty in navigating the prose - that is one of the book's biggest strengths (it is incredibly well written, often poetic, and as smooth as silk in its flow) - but because so much of the book strikes an uncomfortable nerve (more on that below).

Moreover, it forces the reader to come face to face with hard, difficult realities that frequently clashes with our understanding of what it means to be a patriotic American. One of the biggest, almost automatic things we think of when considering reasonable expressions of patriotism, we think it means flying the flag on our homes or cars, believing the words, "my country, right or wrong," and in lauding all uniformed service members as "heroes." What to make, then, of a book about dissent written by a man who was a graduate of the famed West Point, who was a cavalry officer in the heat of combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan, winner of the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device for gallantry under enemy fire, and as intellectual as they come?

There is actually no conflict at all. The experiences he describes in this book about what he saw and experienced in combat is very close to what I also observed. Most every American trooper loves their country and loves their fellow Americans or they'd never risk their lives for the security of both. Yet what is the proper response for those service members when the observe, first hand, that the ideals we espouse publicly as a nation are often in direct conflict with what actually happens overseas?

You may not always agree with Danny's conclusions, but I think our country's citizenry is in desperate need of addressing, head on, the hard questions Danny poses in this book. To continue turning a blind eye, could, inadvertently, result in us "patriotically" being part of a problem (self-destructive and unnecessary forever-wars) that ultimately harms us all.
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Lark
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book specially for many peace loving vets.
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2021
I finished reading this book this past weekend. It's a very educational/informational book with great insights on patriotism and the twists that mostly unwise politicians put on it in order to get elected or re-elected. For my comrade-in-arms, vets, I'd definitely recommend this book. Reading this book will relieve many pressures and undue pressures on you. The books makes you understand who the real patriots are and who the fake ones are. It does this by showing you the way not by pointing out individuals. It explains the reasoning behind some of the unjust wars and how they came to become unending and/or unjust wars.

This book helped me to realize my place in all of the foreign policy BS that's going on between Uncle Sam and the rest of the world. It showed me where I have been standing and where I stand currently when it comes to supporting the country I love most.
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