Dogwood does an amazing job of capturing the full story of the Citizen Soldiers of the 150th in Anbar Province in Iraq in 2005.

Brigadier General J. Roy Robinson, former commander of the 150th and former President of the National Guard Association of the United States

Anyone who wants to understand America's militia tradition and the changing relation of the Guard to the nation's regular army should read this book.

Beth Bailey, author of 'An Army Afire'

...It is an inspiring story. But it is also a necessary one, because 20 years later America has been so eager to forget it. In Dogwood, Andrew Wiest doesn't just tell the story; he reminds us of it, without flinching.

Tom Junod, award-winning journalist