"When people are actively engaged in a cause their lives have more purpose....with a resulting improvement in mental health." p. 49
"The question for Western society isn't so much why tribal life might be so appealing- it seems obvious on the face of it- but why Western society is so unappealing." p. 15-16
"If contemporary America doesn't develop ways to publicly confront the emotional consequences of war, those consequences will continue to burn a hole through the vets themselves." p. 122