What Its Like to Go to War

Zusatztext 68214189 Informationen zum Autor A graduate of Yale University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University! Karl Marlantes served as a Marine in Vietnam! where he was awarded the Navy Cross! the Bronze Star! two Navy Commendation medals for valor! two Purple Hearts! and ten Air Medals. He is the author of the best-selling and prize-winning Matterhorn. Klappentext Marlantes relates his combat experiences in Vietnam and discusses the daily contradictions warriors face in the grind of war! where each battle requires them to take life or spare life. He also underscores the need for returning veterans to be counseled properly. Zusammenfassung #3 on Amazon.com’s 10 Best Books of 2011 The New Yorker Favorite Books from 2011 Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2011 Barnes & Noble Best Nonfiction Books of 2011 St. Louis Post Dispatch Favorite Books of 2011 A Shelf Awareness Reviewer’s Top Pick of 2011 One of the most important and highly-praised books of 2011! Karl Marlantes’s What It Is Like to Go to War is set to become just as much of a classic as his epic novel Matterhorn . 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 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.

Product details

• Authors: Karl Marlantes, Marlantes Karl
• Publisher: Atlantic monthly press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2012
• EAN: 9780802145925
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-4592-5
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 210 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Grove Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; Vietnam, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Warfare and defence, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), HOLIDAY / Veteran's Day, Relating to specific and significant cultural interests, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General