The War Nerd: coming to a book near you
For about the last two years I’ve read “The War Nerd,” Gary Brecher’s column for the English-language Russian alternative website The eXile, religiously. While I don’t always agree with him (big surprise, since I don’t always agree with anybody, including myself), Brecher knows his military history, as well as the broad spectrum of wars, large and small, going on today. His facts are usually right and his analyses incisive. Incisive enough that he’s quite often proven right when all the government/media complex “experts” are dead - and deadly - wrong.
This might not seem your cup of chai. But Brecher’s writing is brisk, his wit savage. He’s the freshest writer on current events since P. J. O’Rourke sold his soul to the Dark Side. Fair warning: like O’Rourke he uses what we might call fairly strong language. Then again, sometimes the easily offended need to be.
And soon, you won’t have to spend hours clicking from column to column in the eXile archives to get your Brecher fix. As of June 1st, 2008, you can enjoy reading some of his greatest hits between the covers of The War Nerd
If you pre-order you can get a 5% discount off Amazon’s already marked-down price of $10.85. And of course, if you pre-order or buy the book through this site
If you want some of the best insight on the current disaster - and the various whirlwinds so assiduously being sown today - all wrapped up in a damned and damnably entertaining read,you can hardly do better than the self-proclaimed fat boy from Fresno. I just ordered mine!
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