{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504081834258,"sku":"9780979663680","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f13ab993-dc0f-41c4-ae17-6ad04c7db229.jpg?v=1730810369","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-nerd-9780979663680","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}