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It's the best thing written so far on what the war did to people's souls. --Dexter Filkins, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected as one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e, Amazon, and more \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Phil Klay's\u003ci\u003e Redeployment \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. 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