Banned Military Blog Wins Prize

Two weeks ago, the world found out that the U.S. Army had placed extensive new restrictions on soldiers’ blogs.  Now the book of Colby Buzzell, a former machine gunner, has won an international contest - and Buzzell’s book is based on his blog.  Oh, the irony.

Irony being the domain of the British, we can thank them for this story; the BBC, the Times Online, and The Guardian, among others, have been all over it.  For the report behind the Army’s original crackdown, you can read our Lulu Blooker Prize - has made them appear barbaric.

“Reviews have compared My War [Buzzell’s book] to the classics Catch22, M*A*S*H and Michael Herr’s Dispatches,” noted the