Soldiers have always told their tales of war, but in Bloody Hell, they go further and lay bare the horrors, nightmares, and nagging questions that haunt their lives. Veterans of every major war in this century reveal the real price that soldiers pay, exposing the chasm between the recruiter's sell and the realities of the military machine.
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The Mirror A refreshing change from the usual war book, Bloody Hell debunks the myth of glory and warriorhood with gripping accounts of action told from the individual soldier's perspective. The effect of war on a soldier's life is graphic and deeply disturbing. The Guardian Bloody Hell is an honest, grim, collection of personal experiences of the true face of war. It is a powerful indictment of the long-term impact of war. To quote from the book, "The true hell of war doesn't start until you come home". The New Internationalist War stories to end all war stories. A chilling journey into the heads and hearts of men who are trained to kill.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good book for teenagers!,
This review is from: Bloody Hell (Paperback)
The military services spend tens of millions of dollars on advertising to attract young people to their ranks. Supported by school guidance counselors as a prime career option the system enlists hundreds of thousands of low income teens. What happens next? Read this book to understand why such a high proportion of our nation's homeless and mentally ill are veterans. This pocket sized paperback is based on a larger hardcover version called Hell, Healing and Resistance.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Profoundly disturbing,
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This review is from: Bloody Hell (Paperback)
This book gave me great insight into the trauma to people's lives as a result of war and the war machine. It is profoundly written and the subject is sensitively handled. I'm sure not everyone will agree with the author's view point, but it sure helped me to have better understanding for the war veterans I come in contact with.
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bloody, but brilliant (and essential) reading for the historian,
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No real historian or politician is adequately equipped to compassionately and truly comment upon or make decisions regarding government sanctioned violence without understanding it from the perspective and pain of those involved. This book will achieve this for the reader at the cost of a naïvity most educational systems would rather you kept.
Read it or remain ignorant. [Personally i wouldn't watch the religious flex at the end, but that is a minor downer, and not worth removing even half a star from - the book is outstanding and has no equal in its league.]
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