“Michael Messner has drawn back the curtain both on today’s US military’s misogynist and racialized culture and on older white male veteran peace activists’ difficulty in grasping its implications for them. I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time.”

“Michael Messner does a beautiful job of thinking deeply about the interconnectedness of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class as they affect the standpoint and experiences of young activists. His book offers something really substantial to the study of intersectionality and social movements…a wonderful contribution.”

“A groundbreaking analysis of veterans and the peace movement. Told through compelling narratives and an intersectional lens, this is an important book for anyone interested in the complications of serving in the military and then coming to seek an end to war.”