A soldier who undertakes a 500 mile walk for peace in the conservative heartland of America, Utah is one of the agency's acquisition highlights this fall. A Soldier's Peace is the remarkable debut of husband and wife partnership Marshall and Kristen Thompson. Marshall, an ex Iraqi vet. stirred controversy in his home state of Utah when he decided to embark on a solitary 500 mile walk for peace in order to raise awareness for the need to withdraw from Iraq. Marshall's aspirations to engage in a simple one-man walk met with state intervention and divided his community and the media. A Soldier's Peace tackles freedom of expression in the context of one of the world's greatest democracies. Against the backdrop of a divisive subject such as US presence in Iraq, it calls into question the fragility of the First Amendment right whilst celebrating the power of dialogue and debate.