Genocide, war rape, torture, betrayal, bombing, famine, misery, alienation, trauma, PTSD, being a puppet for the interests of big business.
Is it true, like Plato said, that only the dead see the end of war?
That is not the place for acts of heroism. There are other lists for that. This is a list for the reports, memoirs and fiction works that show how the dark side of mankind can really surface in wartime.
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Those are books everyone should read!


message 2: by Caddy (new)

Caddy Compson Julia wrote: "Those are books everyone should read!"

I agree.


message 3: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 14, 2017 08:18AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) It always surprises me when I don't see A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali / Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali / Een zondag aan het zwembad in Kigali and so on, on a list like this. This book by French speaking Canadian journalist Gil Courtemanche has been translated widely...


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M.P.  Settle Dodgebomb: Outside the Wire in the Second Iraq War

Written with sardonic humor, raw emotion, and military acumen, Dodgebomb is honest to its core—an authentic lens into a world shaped by sun and sand, brutality and bureaucracy, and the American soldier’s ever-evasive search for meaning in a forgotten war.


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