| War Nerd Contributor(s): Brecher, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0979663687 ISBN-13: 9780979663680 Publisher: Catapult OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: 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 ala 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Essays - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 303.66 |
| LCCN: 2007046876 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.52" W x 8.26" (0.71 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "[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 à 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 |