Matt Gallagher
Books by Matt Gallagher
“This is a great book, set in a world where America won the Vietnam War, a world where the chastening lessons America learned from its failure in Vietnam were never learned. It’s a world where America is unabashed about empire and where a military caste plays a huge role in politics; all the main characters have served in wars and are involved in domestic politics…The novel traces all the ways in which American fascination with our military might and violence play out across different political movements and institutions.” Read more...
Phil Klay, Military Historians & Veteran
Interviews where books by Matt Gallagher were recommended
The best books on Veterans, recommended by Phil Klay
While many of us in the West commemorate the contribution of war veterans and the soldiers who lost their lives on our behalf, there’s also a tendency to see war as something distant and unconnected with our daily lives. Here Phil Klay, veteran of the US Marine Corps and award-winning novelist, recommends books that help bridge that gap—and capture the complicated relationship between soldiers and the societies on whose behalf they fight.
