Missionaries

By Phil Klay

About Missionaries

Phil Klay's novel connects lives shaped by modern conflict, with Colombia at the center of a wider network of military and political relationships. Multiple perspectives complicate the distance between those who direct violence and those who live with its consequences.

Why I include it

I include this as related reading alongside Elliot Ackerman and Klay's Redeployment, extending the conversation about responsibility and interconnected wars.

Reading guide · Related reading

Elliot Ackerman

Extends the connection to Redeployment through a novel about interconnected forms of contemporary conflict, especially in Colombia.

What to look for while reading

Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

Perspective & context

I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

Elliot Ackerman

Related books

Places and NamesElliot Ackerman
The Fifth ActElliot Ackerman

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Praise & Reviews

“A sweeping, interconnected novel of ideas in the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Norman Mailer”
— The Wall Street Journal

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