{"product_id":"9781593763022","title":"War Nerd","description":"\u003cb\u003e“[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored.” —\u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003ecollects 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It’s international news coverage with a soul and acne, not to mention a deeply contrarian point of view.” —The Millions","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129271501040,"sku":"9781593763022","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593763022_p0.jpg?v=1763813353","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593763022","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}