There are no easy answers, but Anthony delivers a dose of reality that can awaken the mind and provides useful information about the challenging transition soldiers face upon returning home."- Bookreporter
Civilianized questions what it means to be a soldier, and what it then means to be a civilian. "Michael Anthony’s expressive wit and deep emotionality connect with a vital story to present an account of the veteran’s experience returning from war that is prevalent, yet far too infrequently told. “ Civilianized has the introspection of a literary memoir and the narrative momentum of a novel.” – Booklist “his at-times darkly comic memoir serves as an important reminder of the human cost of America's involvement in overseas conflicts. It's also smart and mordantly funny'"- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
" Civilianized is a remarkable account of what it's like to live inside post-traumatic stress disorder. I won't soon forget this book." – Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers That it is not so much the intensity of combat that derails a soldier but the flatness of its absence. That what messed with him most was not the brutality of his foes but the moral bankruptcy of certain commanders. But what stayed with me most, I think, were the quiet punches to the gut: That to kill oneself, one must not only feel like dying, but like killing, and the feelings could not be farther apart. "Michael Anthony writes with emotional clarity, dark wit, and unpremeditated honesty.
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