"I tell you, my friend, war is hell, but take heart: When a soldier goes to war everything is pre-forgiven." - Psychiatrist Dr. Stahl, Chapter 6, Page 46

"In the meantime, keep in mind that we are not dealing solely in abstract law problems or public relations problems, but with human beings. Specifically, with a man named Benjamin Tyson who may end up in front of a court-martial board, on trial for murder, for which the maximum penalty, if convicted, is death by firing squad." - Presidential Aide Thomas Berg, Chapter 8, Page 72

"Berg snapped, 'An Army induction notice in the mail is about as welcome and merciful as a public health notice regarding your last sexual partner.'" Presidential Aide Thomas Berg, Chapter 10, Page 90

"This war, Tyson thought, had become a children's war. And children, as any schoolteacher would tell you, were capable of astonishing acts of brutality if left...