The New York Times: "My Nuclear Family," is not the best book written by an insider about America's post-9/11 military, but it's certainly the most entertaining. It's got a cocky, star-spangled, wide-angle feel, as if a subversive young novelist had decided to rewrite a Tom Clancy thriller after first piloting some nuclear submarines as a gonzo practice drill.  ...this is a book that’s going to rattle some cages”  —Dwight Garner

Kirkus Reviews: (starred review!): "Witty, insightful, scathing, appalling and inspiring—a must-read book on the Iraq war."

Publishers Weekly: "Brownfield's stimulating, disabused tale of corruption, incompetence, and careerism in uniform is a useful—sometimes explosive—corrective to the hagiographic accounts of America's militarized approach to nation building."

Christian Science Monitor: "A valuable read and an important history."