*Winner of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize*

From Pulitzer Prize-­winning journalist David Wood, a battlefield view of moral injury, the personal wound of America’s 21st century wars.

Most Americans are actually familiar with Post Traumatic Tension Disorder (PTSD) and its own prevalence among troops. In this groundbreaking brand-new book, David Real wood examines the a lot more pervasive yet less understood connection with those we send out to battle: moral injury, the violation of our fundamental values of right and in what Possess We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars wrong that frequently happens in the difficult moral dilemmas of modern conflict. Featuring portraits of fight veterans and leading mental health researchers, along with Wood’s personal observations of battle as well as the young Americans deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, What Have We Done offers an unflinching look at battle and those who volunteer for it: the excitement and satisfaction of services and, too often, the marks of moral injury.

Impeccably researched and deeply personal, What Have We Done is a compassionate, finely drawn study of modern war and those caught up in it. It really is a call to acknowledge our newest generation of veterans by hearing intently to them and absorbing their stories; and, as brand-new wars approach, to ponder the unavoidable human being costs of placing American ‘boots on the ground.’