The Uncounted: A Civic Essay Series

By Gerard Tod

THE NAMES ARRIVE AFTER THE NUMBERS. THE RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD NOT.

A tanker slows in the Strait of Hormuz because a missile is more immediate than international law. A casualty total changes after the briefing has ended. A promotion list reaches the final desk with every woman removed. Congress debates a war it has never clearly authorized. A nuclear agreement permits a capability that may outlast the government trusted to possess it.

In The Uncounted, Gerard Tod turns to the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam's body counts, Truman's removal of General MacArthur, the old statutory ceilings placed over women in uniform, and America's nuclear partnership with the Shah of Iran. The parallels are not offered as easy repetitions. They reveal a recurring method: urgency narrows the question, authority spreads, and responsibility becomes harder to name.

This is not a book asking readers to master military strategy or constitutional law. It asks four simpler questions: Who authorized it? What is the objective? Who has been killed or injured? What would cause the operation to end?
The first book asked you to notice. The second asked you to check the proof. This one asks you to read the names.

Accountability begins by keeping names attached to power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HBRGNN2W
• ISBN13: 9798189396687
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"