Description

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Daniel R. Green offers a unique and much needed perspective on war veterans and the transitions they go through upon returning home, using his own experience following five military and civilian tours of Afghanistan and Iraq.

About the Author

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Daniel R. Green, PhD, is a Commander in the US Navy Reserves and has mobilized four times for service in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He also served with the US Department of State as the political advisor to a Provincial Reconstruction Team in southern Afghanistan. He is the author of The Valley's Edge: A Year with the Pashtuns in the Heartland of the Taliban and In the Warlords' Shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and their Fight Against the Taliban, and coauthor of Fallujah Redux: The Anbar Awakening and the Struggle with Al-Qaeda. He has also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development (2019-2021) with the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the US Department of Defense. He is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense's Award for Outstanding Public Service (2021), the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Exceptional Public Service Award (2009), the US Department of State's Superior Honor Award (2005), and the US Army's Superior Civilian Honor Award (2005).