The Road From Ar-ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Mejia

* With a new afterword by the author. * As the disaster in Iraq continues, the voice of soldiers is being heard more widely in the mainstream media, challenging those who would continue the occupation. Mejia is one of the most eloquent of these voices, and was the first soldier to speak out. * The book includes an afterword by New York Times columnist Chris Hedges * No other Iraq memoir by a soldier or veteran of the current Iraq war has come out so forcefully against the war. * Mejia has been praised in the New York Times by columnist Bob Herbert, writing: The issues [Mejia] has raised deserve a close reading by the nation as a whole … he has made a contribution to the truth about Iraq. * The New Press hardback at $24.95 was expensive for the natural audience of this title, which includes soldiers, their families, antiwar activists, students, and general readers looking to get behind the headlines about Iraq.