Top 98 Quotes by Phil Klay

About Phil Klay

These are some quotes by American author Phil Klay Writer, who was born in 1983.

'Redeployment' is a military term. It means to transfer a unit from one area to another.

'Redeployment' is a military term. It means to transfer a unit from one area to another.

Phil Klay

I didn't want to write a 'this is how it is' Iraq book, because the Iraq War is an intensely complicated variety of things.

I didn't want to write a 'this is how it is' Iraq book, because the Iraq War is an intensely complicated variety of things.

Phil Klay

We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens the experience - by using different perspectives, I wanted to open a place for readers to compare and contrast, to make judgments, to engage.

Phil Klay

In a strange way, you have to have a certain amount of distance from a thing in order to be able to write about it.

In a strange way, you have to have a certain amount of distance from a thing in order to be able to write about it.

Phil Klay

The Cold War provided justification for a larger peacetime military, since we were never really at peace, or so the argument went.

The Cold War provided justification for a larger peacetime military, since we were never really at peace, or so the argument went.

Phil Klay

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

Phil Klay

I did try to write in Iraq, and I failed. I think you just don't have the brain space for it.

I did try to write in Iraq, and I failed. I think you just don't have the brain space for it.

Phil Klay

In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.

In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.

Phil Klay

I have friends with post-traumatic stress - friends with post-traumatic stress who are, you know, highly successful, capable people.

I have friends with post-traumatic stress - friends with post-traumatic stress who are, you know, highly successful, capable people.

Phil Klay

A lot of times, you're interacting with people for whom you're one of the very few veterans that they've met or had a lot of interactions with, and there's a temptation for you to feel like you can pontificate about what the experience was or what it meant, and that leads to a lot of nonsense.

Phil Klay

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