War

I'm currently reading the book War by Sebastian Junger for my creative nonfiction class. It's actually very interesting so far. I was a little skeptical due to my complete lack of knowledge on the war that's currently going on. I know I should be a little more informed seeing as this war has been happening for more than half my life. Hopefully Junger's memoir will give me a little insight into it.

I'm enjoying it so far and it's an easy read, which surprises me. I was a little afraid that the military language and terminology would go right over my head, but he's very good at explaining what he's talking about or just using simpler language. Either way, the story itself is interesting, as I expected. I'm only on page 33 though and I'm nervous for the intensity and detailed descriptions of the war scenes.

"A little while later a soldier walks up and tells me to hold out my hand. I do, and he drops something small and heavy into it: an AK round that smacked into a rock next to him during the fight. 'That,' he says, 'is how you know it was close.'"