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CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS FEBRUARY 2010
Praise for Murder in Baker Company
Murder in Baker Company: How Four American Soldiers Killed One of Their Own Cilla McCain. Chicago Review (IPG, dist.), $24.95 (312p) ISBN 978-1-55652-947-4
. . . In recounting the murder of 25-year-old Army Specialist Richard T. Davis by four fellow members of the army’s Third Infantry (a case that inspired the movie In the Valley of Elah), McCain examines the tragic results of the increasing number of street gang members recruited into the army, post-traumatic stress, and “noncombat deaths” of soldiers resulting from accidents, illness, suicide, and murder. When Davis returned home to Fort Benning, Ga., in July 2003 after serving in Iraq, he was driven by four other soldiers to a wooded area, murdered, and his body set on fire. When Lanny Davis, a Vietnam veteran, attempted to find out what happened to his son, he confronted coverups, military red tape, and, finally, an incompetent investigation. McCain sifted through government paperwork, police statements, court transcripts, and firsthand interviews. The result is a raw and compelling overview of a shocking killing, its aftermath, and a military ignoring its soldiers’ needs. (Feb.) -- Publishers Weekly, 12/14/2009
“This work has been created with an insightful heart and an activist’s drive. Cilla’s writing denotes a deep sense of personal responsibility for the veterans of the Iraq War and it is from this platform that she advocates and encourages the reader to feel the same. The pain and injustice that has been endured by our veterans and their families is universal and should never be an acceptable loss.”
--Paul Haggis,writer/director, In the Valley of Elah, Crash, Quantum of Solace, and Million Dollar Baby
“A fascinating book that vividly recounts one of the most tragic true stories to emerge from the Iraq war: the slaying of a decorated U.S. Army soldier by his own teammates. This is an eloquent, disturbing, and haunting portrayal of the true cost of war. A remarkable work.”
--Mark Boal, journalist and screenwriter of The Hurt Locker and In the Valley of Elah
“With eloquence, determination, and passion, Cilla McCain has dared to tell the world a story that must be told, a story that the powerful do not want to be told and that the prosecution and defense withheld from the jury. Above all, it is a story that must be heard because this tragedy should have never happened and its lessons could and will save lives.”
--Mark Shelnutt, criminal defense attorney
Also check Cilla McCain's blog for updates and information.
"If you ask us we will tell you the truth. "
. . . . .Men of Baker Company
For more information, please contact:
Frank Weimann,
The Literary Group International.
New York, NY
or e-mail cillamccain39@yahoo.com
THE PURPOSE IS NOT TO CRITICIZE OUR MILITARY, BUT TO ADVOCATE OUR SOLDIERS.
Please take a moment to read a petition to Congress asking for an investigation surrounding the growing number of murders and suicides involving our troops.
Please urge your State Representatives to get behind the Captain Scott Corwin Armed Forces Protection Act --HR 3884 which will make it a federal and capital offense to murder any active member of the armed forces.
