{"product_id":"war-nerd-paperback","title":"War Nerd - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Brecher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored.\" --Utne Reader\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eWar Nerd\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Military columnist Gary Brecher's look at contemporary war is both offensive and illuminating. His book, \u003ci\u003eWar Nerd\u003c\/i\u003e . . . 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.\" --\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's international news coverage with a soul and acne, not to mention a deeply contrarian point of view.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Brecher (aka John Dolan)\u003c\/b\u003e is the War Nerd. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWar Nerd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe War Nerd Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePleasant Hell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.26 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48938464379108,"sku":"9780979663680","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0850\/8132\/files\/dEtQaXM1QnRWR0Q5Nk91cXpKV0NUQT09.webp?v=1778899960","url":"https:\/\/triumviratebooks.com\/hr\/products\/war-nerd-paperback","provider":"Triumvirate Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}