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Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis

by Scott Payne

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The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

by Boyce Upholt

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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World

by Robert Lacey

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Red said: " Fun book for those interested in life at the turn of the first millennia. Lots of details tucked into discussions on farming, religion, family, society, the works. Really enjoyed it and have read it twice now. "

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“The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.”
― Sebastian Junger, War

tags: army, combat, infantry, soldiers, war

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“War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.”
― Sebastian Junger, War

tags: afghanistan, army, combat, life, marine-corps, military, soldier, war

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“The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump you and the enemy might kill you, but the shared commitment to safeguard one another’s lives is unnegotiable and only deepens with time. The willingness to die for another person is a form of love that even religions fail to inspire, and the experience of it changes a person profoundly.”
― Sebastian Junger, War

tags: combat, psychology, war

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“In effect, humans have dragged a body with a long hominid history into an overfed, malnourished, sedentary, sunlight-deficient, sleep-deprived, competitive, inequitable, and socially-isolating environment with dire consequences.” The”
― Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

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“How do you become an adult in a society that doesn’t ask for sacrifice? How do you become a man in a world that doesn’t require courage?”
― Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

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