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What Its Like to Go to War (Paperback)
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What Its Like to Go to War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R410
Discovery Miles 4 100
You Save R81 (16%)
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"Matterhorn" author Karl Marlantes' nonfiction debut is a powerful
book about the experience of combat and how inadequately we prepare
our young men and women for the psychological and spiritual
stresses of war. One of the most important and highly-praised books
of 2011, Karl Marlantes' "What It Is Like to Go to War" is set to
become just as much of a classic as his epic novel "Matterhorn". In
1968, at the age of twenty-two, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the
highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command
of a platoon of forty Marines who would live or die by his
decisions. In his thirteen-month tour he saw intense combat. He
killed the enemy and he watched friends die. Marlantes survived,
but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty
years dealing with his experiences. In "What It Is Like to Go to
War", Marlantes takes a deeply personal and candid look at the
experience and ordeal of combat, critically examining how we might
better prepare our young soldiers for war. War is as old as
humankind, but in the past, warriors were prepared for battle by
ritual, religion, and literature - which also helped bring them
home. In a compelling narrative, Marlantes weaves riveting accounts
of his combat experiences with thoughtful analysis,
self-examination, and his readings - from Homer to the Mahabharata
to Jung. He tells frankly about how he is haunted by the face of
the young North Vietnamese soldier he killed at close quarters and
explains how he finally found a way to make peace with his past. He
makes it clear just how poorly prepared our nineteen-year-old
warriors - mainly men but increasingly women - are for the
psychological and spiritual aspects of their journey.
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