Vietnam veteran and author of six published books on war, awareness, and the search for what is.
I never set out to be a writer. I was trained as an infantryman and sent to Vietnam, then reassigned as a combat correspondent, filing stories for the Army news service and Stars & Stripes. Reporting taught me the discipline of writing, but not why I needed to write.
From an early age, one question followed me: What is?
That question—persistent, unanswered—became the center of my life’s work.
The Work
My books arise from lived experience: war, survival, loss, meditation, and the long discipline of awareness. They include memoir, spiritual inquiry, poetry, and fiction, written to bring clarity to experience rather than explain it away.
Across six published books, the work traces a path shaped first by Vietnam, then by years of spiritual seeking, and finally by a return to the ordinary world with a deeper attention to what is present and real.
Books
Books
ALL IN
A guide to heightened awareness, exploring twelve inner facets that support clarity and presence as consciousness expands.
A JOY-FILLED AMAZEMENT
A true account of a spiritual odyssey that begins in the aftermath of Vietnam and leads through encounters with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and years of seeking.
A JOY-FILLED AWARENESS
A continuation of that journey—learning to release identity, attachment, and ambition in service of awareness.
TEN STAGES
A personal reflection on the Ten Oxherder Pictures of Zen, written as a companion to images that once changed a life.
LONG BEFORE THE NEXT WAR
A novel written shortly after returning from Vietnam—raw, poetic, and unfiltered.
LIFE IS WAR BUT YOU CAN WIN
A book originally written for veterans living with the aftereffects of war, offering practical hope drawn from survival itself.
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Why I Write
Writing is how I test whether I am on my path. When the words come with clarity and ease, I know I am aligned with the work I was given to do. At its best, the process is quiet, joyful, and exacting—an act of attention rather than expression.
About the Author
Tony Anthony is a Vietnam veteran and former combat correspondent whose writing spans war literature and spiritual inquiry. His work reflects a lifelong engagement with awareness as lived experience rather than belief.
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