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A riveting collection of literary journalism by the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, capped off brilliantly by a new Afterword and a timely essay about war-torn Afghanistan -- a superb eyewitness report about the Taliban's defeat in Kabul -- new to book form. Sebastian Junger has made a specialty of bringing to life the drama of nature and human nature. Few writers have been to so many disparate and desperate corners of the globe. Fewer still have met the standard of great journalism more consistently. None has provided more starkly memorable evocations of extreme events. From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone, to an inferno forest fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho, to the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this collection of Junger's reporting will take readers to places they need to know about but wouldn't dream of going on their own. In his company we travel to these places, pass through frightening checkpoints, actual and psychological, and come face-to-face with the truth.
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评分Man is a wolf to man. God is harsh to man. 一百五十三頁的 I thought "I have just come back from some other place these people's don't even know exists." 和一百七十四頁的： They brieflywielded absolute power in their brutal little lives and must have never stopped to think that they might one day be held accountable for it.
评分Man is a wolf to man. God is harsh to man. 一百五十三頁的 I thought "I have just come back from some other place these people's don't even know exists." 和一百七十四頁的： They brieflywielded absolute power in their brutal little lives and must have never stopped to think that they might one day be held accountable for it.
评分Man is a wolf to man. God is harsh to man. 一百五十三頁的 I thought "I have just come back from some other place these people's don't even know exists." 和一百七十四頁的： They brieflywielded absolute power in their brutal little lives and must have never stopped to think that they might one day be held accountable for it.
评分Man is a wolf to man. God is harsh to man. 一百五十三頁的 I thought "I have just come back from some other place these people's don't even know exists." 和一百七十四頁的： They brieflywielded absolute power in their brutal little lives and must have never stopped to think that they might one day be held accountable for it.
评分Man is a wolf to man. God is harsh to man. 一百五十三頁的 I thought "I have just come back from some other place these people's don't even know exists." 和一百七十四頁的： They brieflywielded absolute power in their brutal little lives and must have never stopped to think that they might one day be held accountable for it.
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