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WAR
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Sebastian Junger
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Sebastian Junger
In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantly captures the awesome power of the raging sea and the often futile attempts of humans to withstand it" (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Now, Junger turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat--the fear, the honor, and the trust among men in an extreme situation whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. Through the experiences of these young men at war, he shows what it means to fight, to serve, and to face down mortal danger on a daily basis.
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In listening to Sebastian Junger read War, the book he both experienced and wrote, you will periodically find yourself standing or sitting stock-still while the powerful narrative sinks in. Junger does not pull any punches in his writing, and his reading carries with it the anxiety and the pure fear he experienced embedded on five occasions with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. This six-mile long valley "the Afghanistan of Afghanistan”, according to Junger has sustained 70% of all U.S. bombing in Afghanistan. Junger’s respect for the soldiers of U.S. Army’s 2nd Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade can be heard as he contrasts the jocularity of the men (the platoon was all male) and periods of stultifying boredom with the split-second responses every soldier maintains to react to snipers, ambushes, and IED attacks.
Junger tells of the bravado and the extraordinary human connection to one another the soldiers display. Each soldier and even Junger knows that the next instant might bring death. That knowledge is ever-present as Junger describes surprise attacks by Taliban and on Taliban with vivid intensity.
Junger’s reading lets you join in on the soldiers’ humor that strengthens bonds and, for the moment, relieves the reality of life in one of the world’s most unforgiving terrains, even without a vicious enemy potentially lurking behind the next boulder. His tone captures the men’s loneliness and the existential angst inevitably affecting them all until the next firefight comes as most of them do, in an instant and seldom with warning.
Listeners will enjoy Junger’s description of the physically huge soldier, Vandenberg, who has his fellow soldiers in awe of his sheer bulk and strength. Vandenberg is a source of good-humored testing and honest admiration, and you can hear the catch in Junger’s voice as he tells of Vandenberg’s nearly fatal wound and the tenderness with which the soldier reached from the cot where he lay to grab the hand of his also severely wounded buddy, while both waited to be helicoptered away for more intensive medical care.
Junger describes the brutality of war experienced by young American soldiers and shares examples of bravery and camaraderie that occur on almost a daily basis amidst deprivations unimaginable to civilians which will make you want to stop every person in military uniform to thank them for their service. You’ll also want to thank Sebastian Junger for writing War and— most especially for reading it with honesty and compassion. Carole Chouinard
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For one eager to discover big picture truths about the war in Afghanistan, look elsewhere. This is a book about the men asked to suffer in pursuit of those grander ambitions, the price they pay and the rewards they find in choosing to serve their country so far from home and civilization. In describing the routine of a combat outpost, how the men spend their time, and the fears and motivations they confess to an embedded journalist they come to trust, Junger lays bare some powerful insights about the mentality of men on the front lines. He does not take a position on the war, merely describes the strange things it and all other wars before have done to the youth sent to fight, and demands we account for it in our decisions regarding this and all other conflicts.
This is an unvarnished account of life as an infantryman, exposing the often artificially exaggerated crudity, and cultural and behavioral eccentricities that pop up when men are taken away from the trappings of civilization and the company of women, and the only respite from a miserable monotony is the prospect of combat and random death. That in no way diminishes the sacrifices these men make, in fact magnifies them when one considers that almost all of those same soldiers willingly return to endure the same hazards, sometimes again and again. This is particularly enlightening when one reaches Junger's examination of the soldiers' views of courage: Imprecisely summed up as that a professional soldier considers the true act of bravery to be that of volunteering in the first place, since the feats and sacrifices a civilian would consider heroic are simply expected by soldiers as part of their duty.
I would have to agree with the more reserved praise for the author's reading of his own work. Though a professional narrator may have brought more drama to the account, this is as much Junger's story as that of 2nd Platoon, Battle Company, and it only seems right that he should be permitted to tell it.
There are several stories of combat in this book, including an account of an incident that would result in an award of the Medal of Honor. However, the challenges and sacrifices you may come to respect these men for most, are those far more mundane and yet so much more daunting, dealing with the aftermath of war.
For those curious about what it's like for those brave young men now in harm's way, this is a must listen.
A Vivid Portrait of Soldiers and Modern Combat
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What did you love best about WAR?
Hard to listen to because of the content and nature of war but very well written book.The performance made for an easy listen and riveting experience.
Really helps you understand how hard it would be to experience those things and return to
a normal life here in the states. CRAZY!
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More than anything else... It make me very very appreciative of those in uniform and the deep sacrifices they make for me, my family and all my loved ones.THANKS!
Loved the Book
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What did you love best about WAR?
IT is told from a point of view that only few will ever see.What did you like best about this story?
I was impressed by the professionalism of the author and the care he seemed to have taken to both protect and tell the stories fo the men.What about Sebastian Junger’s performance did you like?
It was refreshing to hear what he thought felt and experienced, He seemed honest in elplaining his bias and whyIf you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
WAR the down and dirty you will not see on TV News.Any additional comments?
THis book is not about the War it is about the Soldiers that have to fight the war. I highly encourage people who want to understand what it is like to go though that experience to read or listen to this book. I am a Veteran and I can relate to much of the emotions the men went through, although in a much suttler way. THESE MEN experienced pure hell, In the Two years I have spent in Iraq, exect for being mortored, I have only been engaged half a dozen times. I cannot imagine what it must have been like to go through that daily...THis book does a good job explaining it.Unafraid
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Humbling
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Great Listen - More proof about why we need out
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A MUST READ/LISTEN
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Fantastic Book and Reading
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Excellant
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Great emersive story
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