Rave reviews for THE WARRIORS!
Kirkus Reviews calls The Warriors “an expertly rendered tale of lingering hostilities rooted in the former Yugoslavia.” Booklist says “Young experienced the events of the Balkan wars firsthand, and his knowledge translates well to the page.” The Warriors comes to book stores on July 11.
Read MoreDoing the enemy’s job
Some thoughts on how sequestration impacts the military, in an opinion piece I wrote for the online edition of USA Today.
Read MoreThe Bizarre Illogic of Terrorists
Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, as I anticipated an activation of my Air National Guard unit, I saw a photo of a pro-al Qaeda demonstrator in Pakistan. He held a sign that said: The World is Red With Muslim Blood. I wanted to ask him, “Where? Shed by whom?” I’d like to ask a similar…
Read MoreNew Thriller, THE WARRIORS, Marks 20th Anniversary of Deadly Conflict in Bosnia
Twenty years ago, Sarajevo burned. From 1992 to 1995, the Bosnian capital endured one of the worst sieges of modern warfare. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of other significant events from the Bosnian war, as well. In 1993, the United Nations declared a number of “safe areas,” including the town of Srebrenica. Two years…
Read MoreA Very Short Short Story About Iraq (with apologies to Ernest Hemingway)
You’re flying along on a combat airlift mission over the Sunni Triangle. External lights off, plane blacked out, night-vision goggles on. Baghdad fell just days ago. Just a few miles from Saddam International Airport–it has yet to be renamed–a burst of tracer fire comes up off the left wing. Needles spearing up into the night.…
Read MoreSemper fi!
Researching a Novel
On a Writer’s Digest blog, I share a few thoughts about researching a novel. (You can travel the world, or you can do research right at home. Just depends on your budget, schedule, and needs.) To read more, click here.
Read MoreJapanese editions!
Parade Magazine feature
A recent Parade Magazine article featured Kevin Powers, the author of a searing new Iraq War novel titled THE YELLOW BIRDS. In a sidebar to the article, there’s a list of other books by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. My thanks to Parade for including my novel THE MULLAH’S STORM. Click here for the article.
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