Surviving a war is a blessing, living to understand it is a curse. Soldier’s Heart, a memoir of war and inquiry into life, is a personal journey of discovering the root of all violence, and the life necessary for peace.

As a Green Beret Sergeant in the Special Forces, Lee Burkins was a combat leader of indigenous tribal warriors conducting secret government missions against the communists in Laos and Cambodia. Although Lee believed his war experiences would prepare him for anything in life, he had no idea of the mental and emotional struggle he would later face in recovering his humanity.

Winding between the uncharted jungles of South East Asia, the little known culture of the Montagnard tribes, the psychiatrist’s office in Hawaii and a multicolored civilian life, Lee takes us into a warrior’s inner world of struggle to comprehend the reasons behind humanity’s penchant for war, society’s treatment of soldiers, and the government’s denial of war induced psychological trauma now known as PTSD.