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Erik Edstrom

Erik Edstrom is the author of the new book Un-American: A Soldier’s Reckoning of Our Longest War (Bloomsbury). He is a graduate of West Point and the University of Oxford, was an infantry officer, Army Ranger, and Bronze Star Medal recipient who deployed to direct combat in Afghanistan.

Celebrated to Death

Memorial Day Is Killing Us

By Erik Edstrom On May 12, 2020On May 12, 2020

Duty, Honor, Atrocity

George W. Bush Receives a Character Award at West Point

By Erik Edstrom On October 22, 2017On May 15, 2021

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