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What It Is Like To Go To War

By: Karl Marlantes
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Karl Marlantes left University at 22 to serve in the Vietnam War. Matterhorn was the bestselling novel based on his experiences. Now Marlantes takes us back to Vietnam, but this time there is no fictional veil. It is part exorcism of Karl's own experiences of combat, part confession, part philosophical primer for the young man about to enter combat. It is also a devastatingly frank answer to the questions ‘What is it like to face death?' and 'What is it like to kill someone?'

©2011 Karl Marlantes (P)2012 W F Howes Ltd Historical Military Military & War Vietnam War
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Chapter 9 smacked me in the face love a proverbial deer in the headlights. You must read this.

Incredible.

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Well written and narrated. This should become a prescribed and mandatory read for any politician who is to become a defence minister and for all military personnel wishing to be commissioned as officers. Everyone should be aware of the experiences and impact of combat on human beings and this work enlightens in that regard.

Fantastic. Must Read.

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Karl gives a brutally honest account of his messed up journey including the messed up things he did and saw...and the messed up things that most people all secretly want a piece of. He makes the "psychology of warriors" a fascinating science.

A crazy insight into the experience of a soldier

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