Oblong Books Presents Author Jasper Craven: "God Forgives, Brothers Don't": The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood

Author Jasper Craven: "God Forgives, Brothers Don't: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood"

In conversation with Matt Gordon.

When investigative reporter Jasper Craven first dug into Valley Forge Military Academy five years ago, he uncovered an acrid strain of masculinity that was raw, violent, fiercely hierarchical, and quickly mutating out of control. Initially, he had assumed that military education was a dying, outmoded brand. But as he looked deeper, he found a sprawling, well-funded network featuring dozens of military schools, like Valley Forge and West Point, plus thousands of ROTC programs in public colleges and high schools that allowed the Pentagon to wield outsized power on education.

Part sweeping military history, part gripping journalistic investigation, "God Forgives, Brothers Don’t" lifts the veil on the harmful world of military schools and provides essential context and nuance to the ongoing debate on American masculinity.

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"I could not put down Craven's unique take on modern American masculinity and its birth on our military drill fields and foreign battlefields. If you are interested in the lives of men and boys and how they now operate in the world, read this book."—Anthony Swofford, author of "Jarhead"