Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war
Sebastian Junger: Pse veteranve ju mungon lufta
The author of "The Perfect Storm" and the director of the documentaries "Restrepo" and "Korengal," Sebastian Junger tells non-fiction stories with grit and emotion. Full bio
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doesn't want to know about it.
nuk duan të dinë për të.
Battle Company in that valley,
Kompanise Beteja në atë luginë,
months into the deployment.
ne dislokim.
and at the end of the month,
dhe ne fund te muajit,
with the outside world up there.
combat in a couple of weeks,
asnje luftim per disa jave,
streets of your hometown
and I didn't know what it was.
dhe une nuk e dija se cfare ishte.
the sound catches up to it.
zhurmes.
from the side of my head.
larg kokes sime.
problems when they got home.
guy named Brendan O'Byrne.
djalë i quajtur Brendan O'Byrne.
have to answer that question.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sebastian Junger - Journalist and documentarianThe author of "The Perfect Storm" and the director of the documentaries "Restrepo" and "Korengal," Sebastian Junger tells non-fiction stories with grit and emotion.
Why you should listen
Sebastian Junger thundered onto the media landscape with his non-fiction book, The Perfect Storm. A correspondent for Vanity Fair and ABC News, Junger has covered stories all across the globe, igniting a new interest in non-fiction. One of his main interests: war.
From 2007 to 2008, Junger and photographer Tim Hetherington embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan. They spent intensive time with the soldiers at the Restrepo outpost in the Korengal Valley, which saw more combat than any other part of Afghanistan. The experience became Junger's book WAR, and the documentary "Restrepo," which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2011.
Junger and Hetherington planned to make a second documentary on the topic, "Korengal," meant to help soldiers and civilians alike understand the fear, courage and complexity involved in combat. It's a project that Junger decided to carry on after Hetherington was killed in Libya while covering the civil war there. Junger self-financed and released the film.
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