Clint Van Winkle

The 2011-12 Book-in-Common is Soft Spots: A Marine’s Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Clint Van Winkle.

All lectures are free and open to the public.
Van Winkle was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, and, in 2003, was part of the first wave of troops that crossed over into Iraq. In his memoir, he shows how his combat experience has affected him physically, mentally and emotionally once he returned stateside.