Two members of the Lycoming College community have released a new book titled “Deployed: How Reservists Bear the Burden of Iraq.”

The book looks at the lives of military reservists deployed during the declared war on terror.

Dr. Susan Ross, an associate professor of sociology and chairman of the criminal justice department, and Dr. Michael Musheno, a 1969 Lycoming graduate and former visiting professor of justice and social policy, co-authored the book, which was released by the University of Michigan Press in mid-March in conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

“We wanted to give a voice to the men and women who have been called to extraordinary service while the rest of us are asked to sacrifice nothing under these wartime conditions,” said Ross, who has taught at the college since 1998. Ross, whose primary area of research is family sociology, developed an interest in military sociology after seeing several Lycoming students deployed after the start of military activity in Afghanistan and Iraq. Ross kept in touch with these students and listened to their stories, concerns and thoughts, which inspired her and Musheno to write “Deployed.” Read more...

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