Since writing the book, Powell has converted to
Christianity and attempted to have the book removed from circulation in
2000.
[1] However, Powell noted that when the book was published, the
copyright was taken out in the
publisher's name, not his, and the current publisher has no desire to remove the book from print. Powell has since written many websites devoted to the book, explaining his desire to see it removed from circulation
[4] as he no longer advocates what he had written, saying:
"The book, in many respects, was a misguided product of my adolescent anger at the prospect of being drafted and sent to Vietnam to fight in a war that I did not believe in."[1]