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Mark Wilkerson, Wilkerson Mark
Tomas Young's War
English · Paperback / Softback
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Description
An Iraq war veteran's powerful testament to the true cost of war.
List of contents
Chapter 1 – Growing Up 10
Chapter 2 – 9/11 & Beyond 16
Chapter 3 – Shipping Out / Black Sunday 27
Chapter 4 – April 2013: 112 N. 113th Street, Kansas City 41
Chapter 5 – Mom Gets the News / Waking Up at Walter Reed 53
Chapter 6 – Back Home 68
Chapter 7 – Purpose / Body of War Filming 78
Chapter 8 – May 2013: A Tribute to Tomas / A Glimmer of Hope 100
Chapter 9 – Living Solo / Activism / Body of War Rollout 120
Chapter 10 – Clot / Embolism / Claudia 141
Chapter 11 – Gut Pain / Darkness 160
Chapter 12 – Deciding to Die 172
Chapter 13 – Letting Go / Embracing Life 188
Chapter 14 – April 2014: A Visit to Portland 205
Epilogue 221
References 225
About the author
Mark Wilkerson: Mark Wilkerson spent eight years in the U.S. Army as an AH-1 Cobra & UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief with the 3rd Infantry & 101st Airborne Divisions. He was deployed with the 101st to Mogadishu, Somalia, for six months in 1993. Mark has three children, Alex, Nick and Sam. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife Melissa.
Summary
An Iraq war veteran's powerful testament to the true cost of war.
Foreword
Galleys Available
Phil Donahue will help promote the book.
Blurbs forthcoming from: Cornel West, Eddie Vedder, Sean Penn, Tom Morello, Ralph Nader, Chris Hedges, and others
We will build off of the momentum generated by "Body of War" a National Board of Review winning documentary produced by Phil Donahue about Tomas Young's life.
National Print Campaign: Will send advance copies to NY Times, SF Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Mother Jones, The Nation, Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, as well as trade publications Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Foreword Reviews
National TV & Radio Campaign: MSNBC, PBS Newshour, Democracy Now!, C-SPAN BookTV, The Daily Show, Real Time w/ Bill Maher, Tavis Smiley, David Sirota Progressive Talk, GRIT TV, NPR
Online and Social Media Campaign: Haymarket Books has 13k FB fans, 8k Twitter followers. Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is close with the author and invested in the book and will write a blurb, support launch event. Vedder has 2M Facebook fans.
Published on April 4th to coincide with 12th anniversary of Tomas Young's injury in Iraq.
Phil Donahue will help promote the book.
Blurbs forthcoming from: Cornel West, Eddie Vedder, Sean Penn, Tom Morello, Ralph Nader, Chris Hedges, and others
We will build off of the momentum generated by "Body of War" a National Board of Review winning documentary produced by Phil Donahue about Tomas Young's life.
National Print Campaign: Will send advance copies to NY Times, SF Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Mother Jones, The Nation, Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, as well as trade publications Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Foreword Reviews
National TV & Radio Campaign: MSNBC, PBS Newshour, Democracy Now!, C-SPAN BookTV, The Daily Show, Real Time w/ Bill Maher, Tavis Smiley, David Sirota Progressive Talk, GRIT TV, NPR
Online and Social Media Campaign: Haymarket Books has 13k FB fans, 8k Twitter followers. Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is close with the author and invested in the book and will write a blurb, support launch event. Vedder has 2M Facebook fans.
Published on April 4th to coincide with 12th anniversary of Tomas Young's injury in Iraq.
Additional text
"I consider myself extremely fortunate to have known Tomas Young. I'm grateful that this powerful book of Mark Wilkerson's will allow readers to experience the strength, humor and wisdom that this strong-willed and courageous man maintained til the very end. I miss him intensely."
Eddie Vedder
"Tomas Young joined the army to wage war, and emerged a champion of peace. The grievous injury he suffered in Iraq consigned him to a wheelchair, but from there he rose to incredible heights, raising the hue and cry against an illegal war and those who authored it. Mark Wilkerson's biography of Tomas Young is difficult but essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the ravages of war and the torment suffered by veterans and their loved ones. This book is a tribute to Tomas, written proof that profound humanity can survive the terrible crucible of war."
Amy Goodman, host and executive producer, Democracy Now!
"Tomas Young’s is a story that every American should know. A soldier who paid a terrible price for the crimes of his superiors, Young courageously spoke out against the illegal war that eventually took his life, and attempted to hold those who initiated it accountable. Mark Wilkerson has done a great service in rendering Young’s life, and the lives of those who cared for him, in their full humanity."
–Glenn Greenwald
“Tomas Young, an army soldier paralyzed in Iraq, surmounted his injuries to become one of the most powerful and eloquent voices denouncing the war. He condemned with a righteous fury those who lied to lead us into war, including George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and called for them to be prosecuted and tried for war crimes. He grieved for all who were injured or killed in the conflict, American and Iraqi. He spoke on their behalf. And as his health deteriorated to the point where he was unable to leave his bed he penned in his last letter one of the most scathing indictments of the Iraq war and the terrible betrayal he and his fellow veterans endured. He served as the conscience of the nation. And although his life was cut short, his is the final word on a war that should have never been fought.”
Christopher Hedges, Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
“Tomas Young's War is a heart-warming and heartbreaking story of a courageous soldier and his family. Few books reveal the graphic details of how families deal with the catastrophic war injuries of their loved ones–Mark Wilkerson's Tomas Young's War does just that in a sympathetic and at times humorous way.”
Ann Wright, Colonel, US Army Reserve (Ret.) and former US diplomat who resigned in 2003 in opposition to the Iraq war
“Powerful, moving, inspiring. When I finished reading this book I felt it was my duty to state again that I will do whatever it takes to ensure there are no more young Americans who will have to go through what Tomas had to endure. Never again. Thank you Tomas and thank you Mark for telling his story.”
Michael Moore
“There is nothing more courageous than a soldier who stands up against an unjust war. Tomas Young was a true American hero.”
Tom Morello
"Tomas Young’s war in Iraq lasted only five days, long enough to oblige Americans who sent him there to read this intimate, harrowing account of the life he lived after."
Ann Jones, author of They Were Soldiers
“Brilliantly rendered Amid the unpleasant realities of urinary tract infections, hollow bed sores, leaking urine bags, failed erections, a collapsing marriage and blinding loneliness, Wilkerson finds a story of love, hope and fierce loyalty... Before another Commander in Chief swaggers before the news cameras and declares ‘Bring it on’ I want him to read this book.”
Phil Donahue, from the foreword
Eddie Vedder
"Tomas Young joined the army to wage war, and emerged a champion of peace. The grievous injury he suffered in Iraq consigned him to a wheelchair, but from there he rose to incredible heights, raising the hue and cry against an illegal war and those who authored it. Mark Wilkerson's biography of Tomas Young is difficult but essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the ravages of war and the torment suffered by veterans and their loved ones. This book is a tribute to Tomas, written proof that profound humanity can survive the terrible crucible of war."
Amy Goodman, host and executive producer, Democracy Now!
"Tomas Young’s is a story that every American should know. A soldier who paid a terrible price for the crimes of his superiors, Young courageously spoke out against the illegal war that eventually took his life, and attempted to hold those who initiated it accountable. Mark Wilkerson has done a great service in rendering Young’s life, and the lives of those who cared for him, in their full humanity."
–Glenn Greenwald
“Tomas Young, an army soldier paralyzed in Iraq, surmounted his injuries to become one of the most powerful and eloquent voices denouncing the war. He condemned with a righteous fury those who lied to lead us into war, including George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and called for them to be prosecuted and tried for war crimes. He grieved for all who were injured or killed in the conflict, American and Iraqi. He spoke on their behalf. And as his health deteriorated to the point where he was unable to leave his bed he penned in his last letter one of the most scathing indictments of the Iraq war and the terrible betrayal he and his fellow veterans endured. He served as the conscience of the nation. And although his life was cut short, his is the final word on a war that should have never been fought.”
Christopher Hedges, Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
“Tomas Young's War is a heart-warming and heartbreaking story of a courageous soldier and his family. Few books reveal the graphic details of how families deal with the catastrophic war injuries of their loved ones–Mark Wilkerson's Tomas Young's War does just that in a sympathetic and at times humorous way.”
Ann Wright, Colonel, US Army Reserve (Ret.) and former US diplomat who resigned in 2003 in opposition to the Iraq war
“Powerful, moving, inspiring. When I finished reading this book I felt it was my duty to state again that I will do whatever it takes to ensure there are no more young Americans who will have to go through what Tomas had to endure. Never again. Thank you Tomas and thank you Mark for telling his story.”
Michael Moore
“There is nothing more courageous than a soldier who stands up against an unjust war. Tomas Young was a true American hero.”
Tom Morello
"Tomas Young’s war in Iraq lasted only five days, long enough to oblige Americans who sent him there to read this intimate, harrowing account of the life he lived after."
Ann Jones, author of They Were Soldiers
“Brilliantly rendered Amid the unpleasant realities of urinary tract infections, hollow bed sores, leaking urine bags, failed erections, a collapsing marriage and blinding loneliness, Wilkerson finds a story of love, hope and fierce loyalty... Before another Commander in Chief swaggers before the news cameras and declares ‘Bring it on’ I want him to read this book.”
Phil Donahue, from the foreword
Product details
| Authors | Mark Wilkerson, Wilkerson Mark |
| Assisted by | Phil Donahue (Foreword), Donahue Phil (Foreword) |
| Publisher | UK Books |
| Languages | English |
| Product format | Paperback / Softback |
| Released | 26.04.2016 |
| EAN | 9781608466504 |
| ISBN | 978-1-60846-650-4 |
| Dimensions | 130 mm x 209 mm x 15 mm |
| Weight | 232 g |
| Illustrations | B&W photographs |
| Subjects |
Non-fiction book
> History
> Biographies, autobiographies
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Political activism, Political activism / Political engagement |
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