Festival. Tribe In Tribe (2016) Junger studies war veterans from an anthropological perspective and asks "How do you make veterans feel that they are returning to a cohesive society that was worth fighting for in the first place?" Junger's premise is that "Soldiers ignore differences of race, religion and politics within their platoon..." and upon return to America, find a fractious society splintered into various competing factions, often hostile to one another. Freedom This 2021 travel memoir is an extended meditation on "what it means to be free." In the book, which recounts the experiences of two Afghanistan combat vets, a photojournalist and war reporter, and a black dog named Daisy walking 400 miles along railway lines in south-central Pennsylvania, Junger argues that modern civilization has not made people feel safer or contented in their lives, and the weakening of interpersonal bonds has contributed to a rise of anxiety, depression, and suicide, especially among the wealthiest societies. The main theme from Junger's earlier books, "extolling the superiority, both moral and psychological, of life in small nomadic groups (or small embattled platoons) over modernity under capitalism — appears repeatedly." Awards and Honors 2007: 2007 PEN/Winship award for A Death in Belmont 2010: Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary (winner), Academy Award for Best Documentary (nominated) for Restrepo 2015: International Press Academy's Humanitarian Award. 2017: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement See also List of American print journalists References External links Outside magazine, articles. Vanity Fair, articles. The Daily Show interview, May 11, 2010, on his book War KGNU interview with Claudia Cragg on his book War 1962 births Living people 20th-century American historians 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 20th-century atheists 21st-century atheists American atheists American cinematographers American documentary film directors American people of Italian descent American investigative journalists American magazine journalists American male non-fiction writers American male screenwriters American military historians American non-fiction crime writers American people of Austrian descent American people of German-Jewish descent American people of Spanish descent American television writers American war correspondents American writers of Italian descent American writers of Russian descent Journalists from New York City Concord Academy alumni Film directors from Massachusetts Film directors from New York City Film producers from Massachusetts Film producers from New York (state) Historians from Massachusetts Historians from New York (state) American male television writers People from Belmont, Massachusetts People from