A review by vandorin
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning by Elliot Ackerman

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This was a great book with a unique lens. Being both a journalist in the Middle East/Levant Region currently as well as serving as a Marine in that same region almost 2 decades prior provided views that are not typically captured in books on the war and region. The book follows him as he returns as a journalist and interacts with informants/ sources while providing flashbacks of his time during the Battle for Fallujah.