title: What It Is Like to Go to War
author:  Karl Marlantes 
description: <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000713941"><strong>Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011</strong></a>: With unflinching honesty, bestselling author Karl Marlantes captures <i>What It Is Like to Go to War</i> in his compassionate, powerful narrative on Vietnam. By recounting experiences that, outside the arena of war, are horrifying or embarrassing for the soldiers who lived them, Marlantes exposes veterans' self-destructive code of silence as the price for re-entering our society. American pop culture celebrates the warrior spirit, winning the battle, but the reality for soldiers is that reconciling the moral conduct we are taughtwith the brutal acts we do in war has been a problem for warriors of good conscience for centuries. Marlantes tempers the brutal truths of fear, power games, and courage with a thoughtful prescription for our soldiers well-being; caring for our soldiers and their families differently will benefit society as a whole. In <i>What It Is Like to Go to War</i>, Marlantes sets a new standard for understanding the experience of war. --<i>Seira Wilson</i>
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  # **WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR**
  
  
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