Author

Kevin Sites

@kevinsites

Kevin Sites, a 2010 Nieman Fellow, is the author of “<a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Hot-Zone-Kevin-Sites/?isbn=9780061540974">In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars</a>,” based on his reporting for Yahoo! News. His most recent book, which is about the isolating experiences of war, is titled “The Things They Cannot Say,” and was published by Harper Perennial in 2011. His war reporting can be seen at <a href="http://www.kevinsitesreports.com">www.kevinsitesreports.com</a>.

This Is How I Go

‘Every time I leave for war, there are rituals and routines—and one unyielding truth.’