IRB Intro Post 2: War

For my second independent reading book I will be reading War by Sebastian Junger. This book was recommended to me by a fellow friend and classmate, who said that the book read like a narrative and was very fast paced, which are qualities I tend to look for in a book. The book, written by Sebastian Junger (Author of the famous book Into the Storm), focuses on the time Junger spent as a journalist in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan with U.S. troops. It follows the American soldiers through their harrowing experiences, and shows war from an objective point of view. I was especially interested in this book after realizing it was the text that corresponded with the documentary Restrepo, one of the rawest and most moving documentaries I have ever seen. I am very much looking forward to reading this book, and am interested in seeing the un-romanticized and un-hollywood aspects of war.