Sebastian Junger

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Tenemos un fuerte instinto, como especie, de vivir en pequeños grupos definidos por un claro propósito y entendimiento, de treinta a cincuenta personas que dependen enteramente unas de otras, por seguridad y comodidad. Esta conexion tribal se ha perdido en gran medida en la sociedad moderna, pero podria ser la clave de nuestra supervivencia psicologica. Un ejemplo actual de esa atraccion son los veteranos de guerra, que regresan a casa y pierden por completo los vinculos increiblemente intimos de la vida del peloton. La perdida de esta cercania puede explicar las altas tasas de trastorno de estres postraumatico sufrido por los militares veteranos de hoy.Combinando historia, psicologia y antropologia, Tribu explora lo que podemos aprender de las sociedades tribales sobre la lealtad, la pertenencia y la eterna busqueda humana del sentido de la vida. Explica la ironia de que muchos veteranos y civiles se sientan mejor en tiempos de guerra que en los de paz. A veces la adversidad puede resultar una bendicion y los desastres se recuerdan con mas cariño que las bodas o unas vacaciones en el tropico. El problema no radica en los veteranos ni en el trauma que han sufrido, sino en la sociedad a la que estan tratando de regresar.

Mind blowingly brilliant PHILIPPA PERRY Few other writers have such passion for granular detail intellectual heft and boundless curiosity THE TIMES As suspenseful and pacy as an episode of pea

From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. For 15 months, Sebastian Junger accompanied a single platoon of thirty men from the celebrated 2nd battalion of the U.S. Army, as they fought their way through a remote valley in Eastern Afghanistan. Over the course of five trips, Junger was in more firefights than he could count, men he knew were killed or wounded, and he himself was almost killed. His relationship with these soldiers grew so close that they considered him part of the platoon, and he enjoyed an access and a candidness that few, if any, journalists ever attain. But this is more than just a book about Afghanistan or the 'War on Terror it is a book about the universal truth of all men, in all wars. Junger set out to answer what he thought of as the 'hand grenade question': why would a man throw himself on a hand grenade to save other men he has probably known for only a few months? The answer is elusive but profound, and goes to the heart of what it means not just to be a soldier, but to be human. 'War' is a narrative about combat: the fear of dying, the trauma of killing and the love between platoon-mates who would rather die than let each other down. Gripping, honest, intense, it explores the neurological, psychological and social elements of combat, and the incredible bonds that form between these small groups of men.

A true story of men against the sea.

¿En qué consiste esa extraña fascinación que mantiene a los bomberos en su puesto mientras las llamas de noventa metros de altura devoran un bosque? ¿Por qué los corresponsales de guerra searrastran hasta la linea de fuego aun sabiendo que alli apenas hay ninguna informacion de valor periodistico? Todos los relatos de este libro tratan, de una manera u otra, de personas enfrentadas a situaciones que podrian acabar facilmente con ellas y que despiertan un sentido del respeto y del temor amargamente inmoral pero irresistiblemente atractivo. En un sentido limitado, se trata de situaciones que eliminan por completo las preocupaciones de nuestras insignificantes vidas humanas. Sebastian Junger nos conduce por una serie de lugares a los que jamas iriamos por nuestra cuenta: desde los furiosos incendios forestales en el oeste de Estados Unidos, pasando por la mecanica criminal del comercio de diamantes en Sierra Leona, o la guerra de guerrillas en Afganistan hasta los entresijos del genocidio de Kosovo, entre otros. Esta edicion de Fuego incluye tambien un reportaje escrito en 2002 sobre Afganistan y una breve reflexion en forma de epilogo sobre las consecuencias del 11 de septiembre de 2001.

The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed Boston boat with her crewof six fishermen that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension. Told in exquisite detail, this "New York Times" bestseller has already left an indelible impression on critics and readers everywhere.

Este libro es una colección de las mejores imágenes e informs de Reuteres sobre Afganistán desde la ocupación soviética hasta la guerra, encabezada por Estados Unidos, contra el régimen talibán y la red Al Qaeda liderada por Osama Ben Laden.Prologo de Sebastian Junger

Un clásico moderno: la historia de la tormenta del siglo.En octubre de 1991 tuvo lugar lo que los meteorólogos denominaron «la tormenta del siglo», un fenómeno imprevisto que azotó la costa este de N

The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The ''perfect storm'' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds over an Atlantic island - Sable Island - and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean: Hurricane Grace. This is the story of that storm, told through the accounts of individual fishing boats caught up in the maelstrom, their families waiting anxiously for news of their return, the rescue services scrambled to save them. It is the story of the old battle between the fisherman and the sea, between man and Nature, but here Nature is an awesome and capricious power that transforms the surface of the Atlantic into an impossible tumult of water walls and gaping voids, with the capacity to break an oil tanker in two, let alone the 72ft swordfishing boat Andrea Gail with her crew of eight. A typical Hurricane encompasses a million cubic miles of atmosphere and can contain enough energy to, in theory, meet the electric power needs of the UK for a decade. Except that a hurricane will not be controlled. In spare, lyrical prose ''The Perfect Storm'' describes what happened when the Andrea Gail looked into the wrathful face of the perfect storm.

It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm." In a book that has become a classic, Sebastian Junger explores the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched. ?The Perfect Storm? is a real-life thriller that makes us feel like we've been caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control."

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