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War by Sebastian Junger
The Korengal Valley of eastern Afghanistan is a place nobody wants to be. It takes men and weapons and creates death and destruction. In the rare case of Sebastian Junger, the Korengal took a military reporter and created an unadulterated masterpiece.
When I opened up “War”, I was transported to one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan: the Korengal. Through the eye of Junger, I experienced the fear, bravery, brotherhood, and death that fills the valley. With his d ...more
The Korengal Valley of eastern Afghanistan is a place nobody wants to be. It takes men and weapons and creates death and destruction. In the rare case of Sebastian Junger, the Korengal took a military reporter and created an unadulterated masterpiece.
When I opened up “War”, I was transported to one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan: the Korengal. Through the eye of Junger, I experienced the fear, bravery, brotherhood, and death that fills the valley. With his d ...more
War, written by Sebastian Junger, is about the United States’ involvement in one of the most dangerous places in the Afghanistan War. In the Korengal Valley, waking up to bullets whizzing past you, constant fear, and harsh conditions mixed in with the chance that you could die at any moment are common obstacles that the soldiers deal with every day. Junger, who worked as a reporter in the middle of the action, describes his experience with the soldiers with immense detail, recalling fascinating
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This book was written with so much information about war that it feels like a personal experience the author had when he went to war.
