Certains, comme Joshua Key, qui a rédigé un livre intitulé The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq, décrit de façon tout à fait saisissante la situation en Iraq et les problèmes auxquels sont confrontés les personnes servant sous la bannière étoilée.
Some, like Joshua Key, who has written a book called The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq, paint a very graphic picture of the situation in Iraq and of the problems they faced as individuals serving in the American armed forces.