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War Lessons

- How I Fought to Be a Hero and Learned That War Is Terror
Af: John Merson Engelsk Paperback

War Lessons

- How I Fought to Be a Hero and Learned That War Is Terror
Af: John Merson Engelsk Paperback
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Military memoirs abound, but few prove to be trustworthy accounts free of spin, bravura, or military glitter. John Merson’s War Lessons takes a rare reflective approach to this pressing issue of our time. In vivid, unadorned prose, he interweaves his own experiences in war with thoughtful assessments of how to prevent it. He highlights the daily experience of combat from the perspective of both the foot soldier and the villager in whose home the war is being fought. When he leaves Vietnam, Merson begins an odyssey that brings him back eight times. The book limns this process as a poignant personal voyage and the author struggles to understand why young people are drawn to war, how it changes those who fight it, why its destructive effects persist on both sides, how former enemies reconcile, and how soldiers wanted to be treated and remembered by the citizens who send them to war. War Lessons also offers hope, suggesting strategies for young people to help the world reclaim its humanity through healing actions such as participating in UN peacekeeping programs, working to prosecute war crimes, and protecting refugees.
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Military memoirs abound, but few prove to be trustworthy accounts free of spin, bravura, or military glitter. John Merson’s War Lessons takes a rare reflective approach to this pressing issue of our time. In vivid, unadorned prose, he interweaves his own experiences in war with thoughtful assessments of how to prevent it. He highlights the daily experience of combat from the perspective of both the foot soldier and the villager in whose home the war is being fought. When he leaves Vietnam, Merson begins an odyssey that brings him back eight times. The book limns this process as a poignant personal voyage and the author struggles to understand why young people are drawn to war, how it changes those who fight it, why its destructive effects persist on both sides, how former enemies reconcile, and how soldiers wanted to be treated and remembered by the citizens who send them to war. War Lessons also offers hope, suggesting strategies for young people to help the world reclaim its humanity through healing actions such as participating in UN peacekeeping programs, working to prosecute war crimes, and protecting refugees.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 152
ISBN-13: 9781583942093
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1583942092
Kategori: Militærhistorie: konflikter efter anden verdenskrig
Udg. Dato: 29 apr 2008
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 153mm
Højde: 228mm
Forlag: Frog Ltd
Oplagsdato: 29 apr 2008
Forfatter(e): John Merson
Forfatter(e) John Merson

Kategori Militærhistorie: konflikter efter anden verdenskrig

ISBN-13 9781583942093

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 152

Udgave

Længde 12mm

Bredde 153mm

Højde 228mm

Udg. Dato 29 apr 2008

Oplagsdato 29 apr 2008

Forlag Frog Ltd