Naval War College Review
Abstract
Joshua Key is a young married man with four children who joined the U.S. Army to escape the grinding poverty of his life in Guthrie, Oklahoma. In 2003, he was deployed to Iraq with the 43rd Combat Engineer Company. At the end of seven months, Key had become so disillusioned with the Army and the Iraq war that he deserted while on leave in the United States. He ultimately made his way to Canada to ask for asylum. Lawrence Hill, a Canadian writer and journalist, put Key’s story into coherent form.
Recommended Citation
Moore, Thomas
(2007)
"The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary SoldierWho Walked Away from the War in Iraq,"
Naval War College Review: Vol. 60:
No.
3, Article 24.
Available at:
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol60/iss3/24
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