M.J. Mobley is a Tolstoyan, Pacifist, Christian writer whose work focuses on the militaristic violence of nationalist culture, dismantling the heroic tropes of war poetry, and Christian spiritualit...ver maisM.J. Mobley is a Tolstoyan, Pacifist, Christian writer whose work focuses on the militaristic violence of nationalist culture, dismantling the heroic tropes of war poetry, and Christian spirituality. His military career spanned 23 years-- to include multiple combat tours--with service from everything as an Infantry Team Leader, Reconnaissance Team Leader, and Drill Sergeant to Platoon Leader, Company Commander, and Staff Officer in various Airborne Infantry units. M.J. is the author of the novel As They Were and the poetry collection Four Dispositions of War. He currently lives in East Tennessee and, when not writing, tries to escape the modern world by running in the mountains near his home.ver menos