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War
by Sebastian Junger
Junger embedded with a platoon in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley: fear, killing, love, and why soldiers miss war. Companion to the film Restrepo.
Read it if…
you want to understand what combat does to men.
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Skip it if…
you want a leadership manual.
Try instead: With the Old Breed →
Three things you will actually use
- Courage is love.
- Men miss the belonging, not the war.
- Fear is physiological.
Do this first
Read the section on brotherhood.
Our verdict
Fear, killing, love.
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