Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey: by Salih Can Açıksöz. Oakland: University of California Press, 2020, 272 pp., $29.95, ISBN: 9780520305304.

"Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey" by Salih Can Açıksoz is a timely and important book that explores the relationship between Turkish military conscripts who were injured during the Turkish-Kurdish war and the Turkish state. The book examines the concepts of debt and sacrifice in relation to sovereign power and how it shapes and manages specific bodies in the social and political landscape. It also delves into the activism and political mobilization of disabled veterans, their alliances with the ultranationalist movement, and their use of prostheses as symbols of sacrifice and political engagement. While the book could have further explored the role of the family, the discussion is valuable in understanding gender, nationalism, and violence in Turkey and beyond. [Extracted from the article]