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War Nerd by Gary Brecher (2008, Trade Paperback)

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"[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored." --Utne Reader Self-described war nerd Gary Brecher knows he's not alone, that there's a legion of fat, lonely Americans, stuck in stupid, paper-pushing desk jobs, who get off on reading about war because they hate their lives. But Brecher writes about war, too. War Nerd collects his most opinionated, enraging, enlightening, and entertaining pieces. Part war commentator, part angry humorist a la Bill Hicks, Brecher inveighs against pieties of all stripes--Liberian generals, Dick Cheney, U.N. peacekeepers, the neo-cons--and the massive incompetence of military powers. A provocative free thinker, he finds much to admire in the most unlikely places, and not always for the most pacifistic reasons: the Tamil Tigers, the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Danes of 1,000 years ago, and so on, across the globe and through the centuries. Crude, scatological, un-P.C., yet deeply informed, Brecher provides a radically different, completely unvarnished perspective on the nature of warfare. "Military columnist Gary Brecher's look at contemporary war is both offensive and illuminating. His book, War Nerd . . . aims to explain why the best-equipped armies in the world continue to lose battles to peasants armed with rocks . . . Brecher's unrefined voice adds something essential to the conversation." -- Mother Jones "It's international news coverage with a soul and acne, not to mention a deeply contrarian point of view." -- The Millions

Product Identifiers

PublisherCounterpoint Press

ISBN-100979663687

ISBN-139780979663680

eBay Product ID (ePID)63157519

Product Key Features

Book TitleWar Nerd

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicSociology / General, Military / General, World / General

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory, Social Science, Political Science

AuthorGary Brecher

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Military columnist Gary Brecher's look at contemporary war is both offensive and illuminating. His book, War Nerd . . . aims to explain why the best-equipped armies in the world continue to lose battles to peasants armed with rocks . . . Brecher's unrefined voice adds something essential to the conversation." Mother Jones "[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored." Utne Reader "It's international news coverage with a soul and acne, not to mention a deeply contrarian point of view." The Millions

Lccn2007-046876

Dewey Decimal303.6/6

Lc Classification NumberHm554.B74 2008