{"product_id":"war-nerd-9780979663680","title":"War Nerd","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored.\" --Utne Reader\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780979663680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.52w x 0.90d","brand":"Gary Brecher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41285578457269,"sku":"9780979663680","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_64e0c86b-31d4-4032-afca-b661c5277e3d.jpg?v=1635225858","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/war-nerd-9780979663680","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}