Media and discussion related to the analysis and musing of john dolan aka gary brecher aka the war nerd. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Book of the wars of yahweh biblical literature britannica. Were taught that the iliad is a foundational text of civilization. Michael herr, a writer in his late twenties, takes a correspondent position with esquire magazine to report on the vietnam war. First published in 1977, dispatches was one of the first pieces of american literature that portrayed the experiences of. One of the weirdest things about war buffs is that they read every book they can find about gettysburg, waterloo, and stalingrad while ignoring all the real wars happening now. John dolans brutal and absurd war nerd iliad blarb. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the war nerd dispatches.
Not the glorified, prettied version dished out by pollywood but the fact that there were and are some awful and brutal things going on in the wide world. Brechers wit is razor sharp and his understanding of tactics of war shifting in the 20th and 21th century is almost staggering. Debated on the front page of le monde and denounced by the catholic press, the book bitterly divided the jury of the prix goncourt, frances top literary prize. John carroll dolan born july 1955 is an american poet, author and essayist. Book of the wars of yahweh, lost document referred to and quoted in the old testament num. This book and the war nerd dispatches were excellent starting points for me in understanding recent military history all over the world. It seems like we can keep this going and turn it into something with real strategic significance. Nigerias inevitable mess by gary brecher a few days ago, a suicide bomber got on a luxury commuter bus in northern nigeria and blew himself up, along with 60 people who were heading home from work. Wells is available to read for free at project gutenberg. War nerd looks more at tribes, languages, and ethnic history. I used to like some of his columns about what war was.
In september 2016, the university of central florida and university of south florida announced their joint creation of a rivalry series to unite the communities and campuses in tampa bay and orlando in an annual competition. Jun 28, 2016 remembering michael herr, whose dispatches brought the war in vietnam home herrs 1977 book, dispatches, was based on his time covering the vietnam war. Can a war book equally engage and disquiet all readers. He opens the first book, for instance, in medias res, with captured. Listen to the radio war nerd podcast subscribe here with guest gunnar hrafn jonsson of iceland public radio on the massacre in orlando and how online islamic state jihadis are dealing with battlefield defeats and the shrinking caliphate. Gary brecher is creating radio war nerd podcast patreon. Here, collected for the first time, are all of gary brechers blistering war nerd columns for nsfwcorp. The union of humanity book 4 science fiction war military audiobook the union of humanity book 4 science fiction war military audiobook skip navigation sign in.
A compelling sense of urgency and a unique voice make michael herrs vietnam memoir the definitive account of war in our time. How do you feel when a 19yearold kid tells you from the bottom of his heart that hes gotten too old for this kind of shit. You find yourself hooting along as john dispatches another dozen vaguely panslavic goons at a clip. The book chronicles herrs many in the lineoffire experiences there, as well as his conversations with american soldiers. For a war now in its 17th year, the united states has precious little to show, despite having lost over 2,400 of its own soldiers and expending an. For years now, fans of the war nerd have been banging on my. Rhodes, a journalist and former editor of community alliance newspaper in fresno, california, writes that homelessness is a manifestation of a political and economic system that is not meeting peoples needs.
The war nerd is a bitter, cynical persona, but that means hes willing to look at things more respectable publications dont want to. First published in 1977, dispatches was one of the first pieces of american literature that portrayed the experiences of soldiers in the vietnam war for american readers. Apr 30, 20 what made bokassa such a laboratoryperfect specimen to replicate the bonaparte sequence in miniature is that his base, the central african republic, is the dead, dead center of africa. Embattled marine entrepreneurs pray for longer shutdown. In nw yemen, home of the yemeni shia whove fought off a saudifinanced invasion, the coalition of invaders has settled on a slower, more effective strategy. Nov 22, 2017 the union of humanity book 4 science fiction war military audiobook the union of humanity book 4 science fiction war military audiobook skip navigation sign in. On august 19, 2019, a rogue chinese military cabal launched an opportunistic emp attack against the united states, triggering a cataclysmic chain of eventswith the potential to change world forever. So, for a very, very limited time only, war nerd fans who missed out on the original offer can order the war nerd dispatches in drmfree epub format and in paperback. Start reading the war nerd dispatches on your kindle in under a minute. There is a masculine mystique that revolves around wartime fear, bravery, foolhardiness. This is a very lively zone, a real demographic ring of fire.
Poet, novelist, essayist, and former teacher john dolan revisits this ancient tale and restores it to its ancient. Subscribe to radio war nerd on patreon were living through a massive artificial famine, right now. Sections for the other correspondents finish the book, most notably page, a british reporter who ends up seriously injured from shrapnel. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
The union of humanity book 4 science fiction war military. Five conflicting themes of michael herrs dispatches. Global dispatches is a 1996 science fiction anthology, edited by kevin j. The war nerd dispatches kindle edition by brecher, gary. Radio war nerd subscribers suggested reposting this newsletter on yemen open to the public. When next you hear that rough voice asking, war what is it good for. Author john baxter reflects on one book that does look back on a war.
The epub is available for immediate download and the paperback ships mid january 2015. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. There is still a place for a great war book such as dispatches. Wells narrator jumps from talking about the whole world, to talking about himself, to talking about what his brothers been up to. This book provides insight into the struggle for defending homeless peoples human rights in fresno. That line would clip the top of sierra leone, cross the ivory coast, drive through northern nigeria. In his new book, dispatches from the war zone, rhodes illuminates the dismal reality of homelessness for the world to see. Until now, the iliad was hijacked by academics and used to bludgeon schoolchildren as a boringyet mandatory reading. At first we did a show every two weeks, but we promised that if the donations came in wed move to a weekly format. He has been revealed as the oncesecret identity behind the pseudonym gary brecher, fictional author of the war nerd column for nowdefunct newspaper the exile. Dispatches from the edge of the world is a book that gives us a rare upclose glimpse of what happens when the normal order of things is suddenly turned upside down, whether its a natural disaster, a civil war, or a heated political battle. And to my knowledge, this is the first book in history to inveigh against tom clancy and his false war nerd credentials. Almost knocked off a star because the writer overdoes the gary brecher persona, but theyre unparalleled in presenting international military events in a straightforward, interesting way.
For this impressively researched civil war social history, georgetown assistant history professor manning visited more than two dozen states to comb though archives and libraries for primary source. Jacketedwritten on the front lines in vietnam, dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. For what its worth, i spent years in iraq working at the embassy doing intelligence work, and war nerd is pretty much spot on here. Back to chapters sleeps and wakes at odd hours, hungry he has been sleeping in the same clothes for days he undresses and looks at himself in the mirror looks like fugitive there he was. Discussion with the war nerd guys william hogeland. Her final posting for dispatches postcard from a dying poet 4920. Dispatches is a new journalism book by michael herr that describes the authors experiences in vietnam as a war correspondent for esquire magazine. Subscribe to radio war nerd through the shows patreon page. The book chronicles herrs many inthelineoffire experiences there, as well as his conversations with american soldiers.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The history and mythology of the battle of goose green new ed by fitzgibbon, spencer isbn. Remembering michael herr, whose dispatches brought the war. Dispatches was praised by john le carre as the best book i have ever read on men and war in our time. Sep 27, 20 i went to cover the war, and the war covered me, herr writes. Apr 19, 2015 thats basically insane, especially when there are much easier, safer ways to make war. Remembering michael herr, whose dispatches brought the war in vietnam home herrs 1977 book, dispatches, was based on his time covering the vietnam war. The book is probably a collection of early israelite war songs including hymns of victory, curses, mocking songs, and other literary genres recounting the victories of yahweh, the god of israel. The war nerd dispatches kindle edition by gary brecher. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Posts wiki war nerd on patreon war nerd on exiled war nerd on pando war nerd iliad pleasant hell. By gary brecher if you drew a line across africa at about ten degrees north of the equator, youd intersect most of the wars going on in the world. This was never a crucial place to anybody, never had a great era of its own. The juggernaut grinds on, conquering the land of radio.
If youre looking for descriptions of all the cool toys involved in warfare, this isnt the book for you. Im joined now by the war nerd, gary brecher, aka john dolan, live. These are his aughts columns and blogposts for the exile, and it is clear that. His book, war nerd, which is a collection of articles brecher penned for the moscowbased weekly exxile, aims to explain why the bestequipped armies in. I disagreed with a few minors things none of it worth noting but he is right on a lot of the bigger points that both the media and reddit seem to have no grasp on. Young lieutenant commander max robichaux is given command of the union space navy destroyer uss cumberland, a state of the art vessel with a crew possessing a fleetwide reputation for cowardice and incompetence. He covers two major operations, the siege of khe sahn and the recapture of hue, the old vietnamese capital, plus several other field operations.
How you respond to gary brechers war nerd will largely depend on how. Dispatches is former esquire writer michael herrs book about his experiences in vietnam during the vietnam war. Paul honsingers man of war series is a military science fiction saga set in the year 2315. Fasten your seatbelt, folks, because the plot of war of the worlds can be a little bumpy. The lesson war nerd should have gotten from that is that if the soviets killing millions of afghans did not end the war how will americans who are less blood thristy win this war. Mar 28, 2016 a compelling sense of urgency and a unique voice make michael herrs vietnam memoir the definitive account of war in our time.
Remembering michael herr, whose dispatches brought. War book drama in which civil servants take part in a regular roleplaying game to practise their response to a nuclear explosion leading to allout nuclear war. If war nerd is a fake and nothing should surprise me these days on tinterwebz then i am sorry to hear it. Aug 11, 2015 war book drama in which civil servants take part in a regular roleplaying game to practise their response to a nuclear explosion leading to allout nuclear war. At first, it appears that herr is not writing chronologically, but jumping around with little rhyme or reason. The idea of fate can be interpreted quite differently with the biggest factor probably being an individuals religious standing but what dispatches forces every reader to do is consider the sheer uncontrollable forces of your. Dec 20, 2014 so, for a very, very limited time only, war nerd fans who missed out on the original offer can order the war nerd dispatches in drmfree epub format and in paperback. Gary brecher is not the greatest writer in the world nor is he the greatest thinker on war. This article was published in the exile on june 28, 2002.
Anderson and published by american company bantam spectra. I suppose thats one primary point of dispatches, michael herrs first. Michael herr was journalist in vietnam from 1967 to 1969. His dispatches concentrate on the men who leave the deeper impressions, the background of the war, and the current action, but he also gives a section of vignettes that round out his overall experience.
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