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Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He currently splits his time between Washington, DC, and southern Turkey, where he writes on the Syrian Civil War. His novel Green on Blue is forthcoming from Scribner.

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What Did Our Generation Learn in Iraq and Afghanistan?

COMMON GROUND

The link between national sacrifice and war-making has become increasingly foreign. It was once essential.

Elliot Ackerman | Published May 27, 2018

Tim O’Brien on What We All Can Learn From ‘The Vietnam War’

The author of ‘The Things They Carried’ talks about the importance of the newest Ken Burns documentary, and how relevant the war is today.

Elliot Ackerman | Published Sep 24, 2017

How Denis Johnson Chased the Epic American Novel

R.I.P.

Never quite as famous as he deserved to be but always taking his readers on jarring and unexpected journeys, novelist Denis Johnson moved between the real and the surreal.

Elliot Ackerman | Published Jun 02, 2017

Beast Fiction: Dark at the Crossing

THRESHOLD

An excerpt from Elliot Ackerman's latest novel, a love story set along the Turkish-Syrian border amidst the ongoing civil war.

Elliot Ackerman | Published Jan 22, 2017

The Man Whose Words Shaped Our Wars

Leatherneck Tap Dances

When asked what it was like to fight in Fallujah, I have yet to come up with an explanation that’s better than, “Exactly like the battle scenes in Full Metal Jacket.” 


Elliot Ackerman | Published Jun 26, 2016

Am I Safe in Turkey?

Anatolian Angst

A former Marine in Istanbul fears that his family is now at risk in a NATO country—and pretty much everywhere else.

Elliot Ackerman | Published Oct 13, 2015

How the Longest War Ate Its Children

BOOK EXCERPT

<p>In <i>Green on Blue</i>, his debut novel, Elliot Ackerman looks at the war in Afghanistan from the Afghan point of view. Read a passage from this extraordinary fiction.</p>

Elliot Ackerman, Atticus Lish | Published Feb 18, 2015

I Shot Bin Laden

Geronimo

BEAST FICTION: I shot Bin Laden but first he shot me. Then I got the dinner at Applebee’s, bad dreams and a nervous Stomach.

Elliot Ackerman | Published Nov 16, 2014

Watching ISIS Come to Power Again

War Crossing

At the Syrian-Turkish border, only a few miles from where Steven Sotloff was kidnapped, the first sign of ISIS was man whose fingers were chopped off.

Elliot Ackerman | Published Sep 07, 2014

Airstrikes and the U.S. Strategy to Combat ISIS

Elliot Ackerman calls in to CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin to discuss why airstrikes are not a strategy for the U.S. in Iraq, and what the strategy for combating ISIS should be.

Elliot Ackerman | Published Aug 08, 2014

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