Robert Eugene Jordan

Robert Eugene Jordan was eight years old in February 1967 when the news came to his family’s door: his oldest brother, Gary, had been killed by a sniper in Vietnam. The country that sent Gary had a story about why. It took Robert decades to stop believing it.

The Call Is Coming From Inside the [People’s] House is the result of that search: a century-long look at how Americans were persuaded, by whom, and who profited. He writes not as a pundit or a party loyalist, but as a citizen and a witness who wants readers to recognize the voice on the line for themselves.

In memory of his brother, Robert wears a watch like Gary’s: black face, white numerals, leather strap.

He lives in Missouri.