Mission Rejected

This book allows us to hear from the men and women who speak with a different kind of authority than the sort that ordered them into Iraq. The voices of these young Americans - former soldiers who have opted out of the war - draw their power from wrenching honesty about firsthand experiences. In the process, they help fill a routine void in political discourse and media coverage that does not admit basic human realities of the Iraq War. Going far beyond the tabloid headlines and media reports this is a deep and direct account from soliders that turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral and illegal mission, and who refuse to sacrifice themselves and their humanity in the conflict in Iraq. Mission Rejected is a compelling blend of oral history and tenacious journalism, reflecting the frontline truth behind the moral conundrum that is the Iraq War.

Peter Laufer, a Vietnam War resister, is the author of several books about conflict and migration. A former NBC News correspondent, he lives in northern California.