War Nerd

by Brecher, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780979663680
• ISBN10: 0979663687
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Soft Skull

Summary

People, apparently, get off on war because they hate their lives, argues Gary Brecher. In The War Nerd, Brecher provides the utterly uncensored, ribald, gonzo, judgemental, enlightening and enraging thoughts of many War Nerds. Part war commentator, part humourist, Brecher inveighs against pieties of all stripes. Although he reserves his most acidic diatribes for neo-cons, few are spared: naked Liberian generals, Tom Clancy UN Peacekeepers, Dick Cheney and the Israeli Defence Forces. A provocative freethinker, Brecher offers an unvarnished view of war.

Author Biography

Gary Brecher (aka John Dolan) is the War Nerd. He is the author of War Nerd, The War Nerd Iliad, and Pleasant Hell.

Table of Contents

The Americas	p. 5
Colombia: A Hundred Years of Slaughtertude	p. 7
Shining Path: The Comeback Tour	p. 15
Haiti: The Big Hate	p. 19
Massacres Paid Your Mortgage, Dude	p. 30
A Boy Named Doroteo: The Life and Wars of Pancho Villa	p. 34
When It Comes to Kim We Got No Dong	p. 48
American Nationalism: Extinct Since Desert One	p. 57
Africa	p. 67
Less Is Mauritania: You Want Anarchy?	p. 69
It's D-Day in Zalambessa!	p. 75
Biafra: Killer Cessnas and Crazy Swedes	p. 81
Onward Christian Soldiers: The Lord's Resistance Army	p. 87
Algeria: The Psychos Will Inherit the Earth	p. 90
The Congo: War Without Battles	p. 97
Please Don't Eat the Pygmies	p. 103
Gadhafi: Buckles, Size XXXL	p. 106
Burundi: Heightism Rears Its Ugly Head	p. 113
Darfur: A Whole New Hell	p. 118
Trading Places: Liberia's Pompous Slaves	p. 124
Europe	p. 131
The French	p. 133
Spain vs. Morocco: The Muppets Do Iwo Jima	p. 138
The Brecher Curve Goes to Corsica	p. 145
Why Can't I Enjoy the Eastern Front?	p. 151
Nerf War and Real War: IRA vs. Al Qaeda	p. 156
Arise, Ye Danes!	p. 162
The Middle East	p. 169
Monster Trucks in Ramallah	p. 171
Syria: Plenty of Nuthin'	p. 175
Afghanistan: What Went Right?	p. 179
Afghanistan: Let 'Em Eat Hams	p. 183
The War Nobody Watched	p. 191
Lebanon: Back to the Future	p. 197
Lebanon, Part 2; Hezbollah-Boom!	p. 201
Asia	p. 207
Fag vs. Fag:The India-Pakistan Phony War	p. 209
Nepal: Peace, Love, and Massacres	p. 213
Berserkers with Red Stars: North Korean Scenarios	p. 219
Burma: They Ain't Like Us	p. 226
Aceh vs. the Borg	p. 230
Sri Lanka: Terrorists with an Air Force	p. 235
Sri Lanka: The Big Hate Mo'	p. 241
Kargil: War as Ice Capades	p. 246
Southern Thailand: The Long Grind	p. 253
The Japanese Red Army: We Hardly Knew Ye	p. 259
Hardware, Strategy, and Nerd Doctrine	p. 269
Tom Clancy Is Not One of Us	p. 271
Future War: Hi-Tech Toys vs. Fanged Vermin	p. 279
U Sank My Battleship! Games and War Games	p. 284
Most Valuable Weapon:The RPG	p. 291
IEDs: The Lazy Man's Insurgency	p. 297
Women at War and in Drag	p. 306
The Doctrine of Asymmetrical War	p. 312
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