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"With his narrative gifts and vivid prose -- as free, thank God, of literary posturing as it is of war-correspondent chest-thumping -- Junger masterfully chronicles the platoon's 15-month tour of duty...Junger makes us see the terror, monotony, misery, comradeship and lunatic excitement that have been elements of all wars since, say, the siege of Troy. He thus becomes a kind of 21st-century battle singer, narrating the deeds and misdeeds of his heroes while explaining what makes them do what they do...It's the best writing I've seen on the subject since J. Glenn Gray's 1959 classic, The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle. . . . Junger's sketches of the men are deft, his ear for their quirky speech (aided by video recordings) spot on . . . This splendid book should help the rest of us understand them -- and war itself -- a little better."―Philip Caputo, Washington Post"Absorbing and original . . . Junger is aiming for more than just a boots-on-the-ground narrative of the travails of fighting men . . . . WAR strives to offer not just a picture of American fighting men but a discourse on the nature of war itself. This is no small ambition . . . He writes some beautiful sentences about this ugly world."―Dexter Filkins, New York Times Book Review"With his blue-eyed, chiseled and starting-to-grizzle looks, Junger is just the specimen Hollywood would cast as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan to ensure a box office hit...But to assume that Junger had easy access diminishes his reporting skills and his commitment to the story. At age 48, he's a generation older than most of the soldiers he accompanied into combat over the course of their 15-month deployment and who instinctively put up their guard against an outsider...The resulting book is written in the first person, but it is observational, offering no critique of the combat he witnessed, taking no position on the efficiency, logic or value of the war. He offers a close-up view of men and the raw elements of war: fear and courage, killing and death, love and brotherhood."―Marjorie Miller, Los Angeles Times"It is a gripping account of how modern warfare is experienced by those who do the fighting, and its focus is that of a laser, not a floodlight . . . WAR is full of stories that prove the adage about all politics being local."―Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
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About the Author
Sebastian Junger is the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and A Death in Belmont. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and has been awarded a National Magazine Award and an SAIS Novartis Prize for journalism. He lives in New York City.
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Product details
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Twelve; Reprint edition (May 17, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 044655622X
ISBN-13: 978-0446556224
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.9 x 8.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.7 out of 5 stars
687 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#35,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
This is an amazing read. I have friends that are unable to wrap their minds around the concept of war, much less imagine themselves in the midst of it. Here's an excerpt that hit home with me:"Perfectly sane, good men have been drawn back to combat over and over again, and anyone interested in the idea of world peace would do well to know what they're looking for. Not killing, necessarily - that couldn't have been clearer in my mind - but the other side of the equation: protecting. The defense of the tribe is an insanely compelling idea, and once you've been exposed to it, there's almost nothing else you'd rather do. The only reason anyone was alive at Restrepo - or at Aranas or at Ranch House or, later, at Wanat - was because every man up there was willing to die defending it."I can say from personal experience that coming back from my Iraq deployment, I was completely unprepared for how incredibly difficult it was to transition from that reality to working in an office and being productive and having a sense of purpose that didn't involve life and death. I was so utterly bad at doing a normal job that I tried to quit twice and was talked out of it both times by people that were better friends than I deserved. I'm still to this day trying to figure out how I come back and live in a 9-to-5 daily commute weekends off mow the grass nobody's shooting at me world.
I have been deployed to Afghanistan and know this area. I have been to the Logar Provence. I've been home a year. This book is written with visual description that I often found myself feeling as if I was physically there. I cried, I laughed, I rejoiced with the men of Second platoon. Thank you Sebastian Junger for such a well written and inner look at the men who endured those first tormentous years.
One of the best books I have read in a long time -- written with Junger's characteristically clear voice, I felt like, for the first time, I had insight into why men are willing to go to war, or go BACK to war. In the end, Junger found, they do it for the man next to them; they train together, they come to rely on one another, and they can't imagine letting their brothers go into battle without them. It is a simple but profound relationship, and as I look around me in the world of business, I find lesser -- but fundamentally similar -- versions of this relationship in the business world. Great teams do great things in no small part because they refuse to let their teammates down."War" is an intimate look at a small group of men at the virtual tip of the spear in the most violet, troubled part of Afghanistan. It is a clear-eyed look at the men, their peace-time behavior, their behavior under extreme circumstances, and ultimately their behavior when they return to society. It offers an inside view of modern warfare fought in the most inhospitable climate imaginable. It is a much more "journalistic" effort than some other relatively recent war tomes, including the novelistic "Generation Kill" by Evan Wright. Junger is up front about his own objectivity -- or lack of it -- but his level of awareness of his involvement in events seems to mitigate the risk.It's hard to say that you "enjoyed" a book with such a grave subject -- but I have re-read "War" several times, fascinated by the nuances and the lessons it offers. Junger is one of my favorite writers, and this ranks with "The Perfect Storm" on my list of great reads.
This book is the very best summary of the stupidity of the Afghan war and also a well written study of the emotional make up of courageous soldiers and what makes them psychologically tick. Junger is embedded with a group of soldiers in a valley near Pakistan. He's a reporter and does not carry a weapon. He wrote THE PERFECT STORM and is one fine writer. This book grabs you on page 1 and never lets go. Fantastic read.
One of the best books I've read in a very long time. The writing is clear and concise, but isn't dumbed down. It is a very compelling book, skillfully and successfully balancing the author's perspective with those of the people around him. The only criticisms I have a very small: a few photos would have been nice, a little chart/index/something with some definitions of military terms (company vs. squad vs. battalion) as well as a list of the different groups (Battle, Chosen, etc). Some of the info was sprinkled throughout the book, so I ended up making my own little cheat sheet to keep track of it all. I would recommend this book without hesitation, unless a person just wants an 'adventure story' and doesn't care about what goes on in peoples' heads and hearts {no pun on 'hearts and minds' intended}. If you do want just an adventure story, then still get this book and skip ahead when the author gets into detail on how adrenalin, flight or flight, etc works. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE FILM RESTREPO. If you want to see what this group of soldiers (and the author) experienced, see the documentary.
Sign me up as a Sebastian Junger fan. He doesn’t just describe action on the battle field or daily life in Afghanistan’s FOBs or COPs—he intertwines his sections with deeper meanings based on studies about soldiers’ psychologies in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq. He’s not trying to rip out our hearts with sad stories or encourage us to seek brave moments. He’s trying to answer why we fight using historical perspectives of humans always putting up his (or her) dukes to protect the brotherhood. Clever. (Probably time to read The Perfect Storm again.)
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