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What are some good books about the effects of war?

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>> No.6971176

Marlantes' What's it like to go to war

The guy wrote Matterhorn based on his experiences in the Vietnam war. This one's non-fiction about his experiences and how he tried to cope with his PTSD, so that may be up your alley.

>> No.6971182

>>6971176
Nice one, I'll definitely check it out. Thank you.

>> No.6971190

>>6971166
Op did you get that recommendation from that better than food film review channel? lmao

Don't even try to deny it

>> No.6971199

>>6971190
Can't I just come off as a hipster for once in my life? Yes, I saw it and watched it and I liked it and wondered if there was more like it in literary form. I thought it would be like Deer Hunter but the film did me in after I watched it.

>> No.6971240

>>6971166
This movie is sad.

>> No.6971434

>>6971190
>>6971176

forty keks

>> No.6971442

>>6971190
Is that from Come and see?
I haven't watched it myself but if so it's a pretty famous war movie, not obscure at all.

>> No.6971444

For whom the bell tolls
1984 (the effect of a war/totalitarian government on society and civil rights)

>> No.6971473

>>6971442
It's famous among aficionados, but I know only a couple of people, from a largish pool of cinephiles, who have seen it.

Anyway, OP, how about Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel? From a more removed perspective, Keegan's The Face of Battle?

>> No.6971478

>>6971444

trips are always right

>> No.6971508

>>6971473
From a more removed perspective? He was pretty involved.

>> No.6971518

>>6971508
Not like Junger.

>> No.6971519

>>6971166
nah

>> No.6971526

Journey to the End of the Night

>> No.6971539

What film is that it looks pretty familiar?

>> No.6971543

>>6971539
Come and See

>> No.6971645

>>6971526
mah nigga

>> No.6971830

my diary, tbh

>> No.6971843

>>6971166
affects*

I don't understand why anyone would post on a literature board without knowledge of even basic grammatical structure.

>> No.6971866

All quiet on the western front.

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>> No.6972001

>>6971843
Grammar Girl to the rescue, once again.

>> No.6972161

What are some books about war with protagonists who enjoy killing? All the books I've read about war portray it extremely negatively, but there's plenty of people who enjoy combat and killing. There used to be whole societies devoted to the art of war, it's obviously a natural part of the human psyche at some level.

>> No.6972294

>>6971166
A Feast for Crows

>> No.6972326

>>6972161
>obviously a natural part
found the newfriend
appeals to nature are forbidden on /lit/

>> No.6972949

>>6971843
No, you're wrong. 'Affects of war' would imply War's personal belongings.

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>>6971190
It's a good film.

It should be promoted indiscriminately, for great justice.

I remember, I was fapping on Shadbase and I noticed one of Shad's Nazi Jinx pinups had "Come And See" tattooed above her mons pubis.

I pointed out my pleasure at such an unexpected reference given the context.

>mfw he responded and congratulated me for recognising it

>> No.6973220

Storm of Steel

>> No.6973273

>For whom the bell tolls - Hemmm
>W&P - Tolstoy (Napoleonic wars)
>The painted Bird (Poland)
>Black Rain - Ibuse (Japan)
>grass for my pillow - Saiichi Maruya (")
>[Spoiler]american sniper[/spoiler]

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>>6971190
I found out about it from /pol/ two years ago
also LOGH

turns out /pol/acks have the most patrician taste

>> No.6973464

>>6972161
>tips

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>>6973390
A Soviet film about the people rising up and and going after some Nazis? "Patrician"?

Disgusting abuse of the term, comrade. To appreciate Come and See is to have Prole taste

That kid has the best expressions. The Academy should give him an honorary award for this role. Surely he got one in Russia, no?

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>>6973390

>turns out /pol/acks have the most patrician taste

LOL. Good one.

And his wife's war film was superior.

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>>6974939

>> No.6975541

>>6972998
It's from perhaps the most quoted passge of the Book of Revelations. Even Johnny Cash put in his music

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