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Reviewed by Bryone Peters for Readers' Favorite
A Wrinkle in the Long Gray Line: When Conscience and Convention Collided by Cary Donham is a riveting memoir of his time in the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he applied for conscientious objector status. Donham’s conviction was that the Army training is to kill and yet not be a sinner, which is morally ambiguous. He was trapped because he could not leave, nor could he stay. The glaring abuse of power by the Army resulted in prolonged legal fallout. West Point questioned his loyalty. The Army treated him with scorn and punished him. He could not believe the despicable behavior of so many high-ranking army officers. They vehemently refused to demonstrate empathy or gracious professionalism in an unprecedented situation. But Donham’s application was an unassuming cogent application that attested to his sincerity.
A Wrinkle in the Long Gray Line by Cary Donham is fantastic. I enjoyed the prologue that links with current events. It drew me into the narrative immediately and emotionally. Donham had a sincere personal tenet against killing and everything about war. However, the reaction of the Army was reprehensible. Donham describes the legal proceedings and the events that followed, which were not without drama. The result is a highly moving but intellectually stimulating read. By the final court case, I was sitting on tenterhooks. He was unwilling to capitulate but was weary due to the arduous process. West Point, using typical bad-guy behavior, tried to suppress the matter. This made it horrendous, yet the memoir remains an entertaining and enjoyable read.
