Phil Klay on America's Moral Contract With Its Servicemembers

May 14, 2019 · 48m 30s
Phil Klay on America's Moral Contract With Its Servicemembers
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After serving as a Marine Corps public affairs officer in Iraq, Phil Klay won the 2014 National Book Award for Redeployment, his collection of short stories about the war. Widely...

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After serving as a Marine Corps public affairs officer in Iraq, Phil Klay won the 2014 National Book Award for Redeployment, his collection of short stories about the war. Widely recognized as one of the best writers of his generation, Phil has also published essays on the military and society in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, TIME, and many other outlets. In this episode, Phil joins the podcast for a discussion of his previous writing, the moral contract between America and its soldiers, and his upcoming novel.

In the opening clip, Phil reads from his Brookings Essay “The citizen-soldier: Moral risk and the modern military,” available online at http://csweb.brookings.edu/content/research/essays/2016/the-citizen-soldier.html.

This podcast is in no way intended to reflect the official positions of the Department of Defense or any other military entity.

Credits:
Thomas Krasnican, host
Nick Paraiso, host
Haz Yano, engineer and producer
Aishwarya Kumar, producer
Mary Martha Maclay, producer
David Raban, publisher

Special thanks to Lieutenant Colonel Jim Golby.
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