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Falcon's Cry
A Desert Storm Memoir
 Michael Donnelly, Denise Donnelly

0-313-36104-5/978-0-313-36104-3

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In this remarkable, gripping book, [Donnelly] has embarked on one last bombing run—a devastating attack against the Pentagon, Veterans Affairs Department, and other repositories of dangerous federal health policies.... Falcon's Cry is also a heart-wrenching examination of what it's like to have your body wither away while your mind remains lively and sharp.... The book is a frightening, inspiring tale of bravery and persistence.Gannett News Service

Reviews:
-[I]n this remarkable, gripping book, [Donnelly] has embarked on one last bombing run--a devastating attack against the Pentagon, Veterans Affairs Department, and other repositories of dangerous federal health policies....Falcon's Cry is also a heart-wrenching examination of what it's like to have your body wither away while your mind remains lively and sharp.... The book is a frightening, inspiring tale of bravery and persistence. —Gannett News Service
-Donnelly has become a powerful spokesman for his fellow veterans and has helped persuade Washington lawmakers to look further into the illnesses that vets believe were caused by exposure to chemical weapons and Iraqi nerve agents. Told with the help of Donnelly's sister, this gripping account could do much to unseat Pentagon assertions that 'Gulf War Syndrome' is a myth constructed by stressed-out veterans. —Publishers Weekly
-A moving memoir of the author's experiences as an air force pilot throughout the 1980s and the Persian Gulf War, that also confronts his seeming postwar diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and his subsequent realization that he did not have ALS, but rather, 'Gulf War Syndrome.' While lacking the polish of an experienced writer, Donnelly makes up for this with an impressive degree of candor....The sections of Falcon's Cry dealing with the war are dramatic and unlikely to disappoint anyone who watched the 'CNN War' on a TV set....Donnelly's tale of his personal sacrifices of health, mobility, and career quite naturally overshadow the victory in the Gulf. An honest, deeply felt look at the human cost of war. —Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Michael Donnelly retired from the U.S. Air Force in October 1996 after 15 years of active duty./e He serves on Connecticut's Persian Gulf Veterans' Information Commission, formed at the order of the legislature to assist Desert Storm veterans in receiving the benefits and support they earned. He lives with his wife Susan and their two young children in South Windsor, Connecticut.

Denise Donnelly, a professional writer and the sister of Major Donnelly, has been a fiction editor at the Missouri Review and has taught English and creative writing at Tufts University and the University of Missouri./e She lives in Rockport, Massachusetts.
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