War is Boring: Bored Stiff, Scared to Death in the World's Worst War Zones (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780451230119)

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The war memoir as graphic novel-an utterly unforgettable and highly original look at war in the 21st century.

Street battles with spears and arrows in sweltering East Timor. Bone- jarring artillery duels in Afghanistan's mountains. Long patrols on the sandy wastes of southern Iraq. For four years, war was life for David Axe. He was alternately bored out of his mind and completely terrified. It was strangely addictive.

As a correspondent for The Washington Times, C-SPAN and BBC Radio, Axe flew from conflict to conflict, reveling in death, danger, and destruction abroad while, back in D.C., his apartment gathered dust, his plants died, and his relationships withered. War reporting was physically, emotionally, and financially draining-and disillusioning. Loosely based on the web comic of the same name, with extensive new material, War Is Boring takes us to Lebanon and Somalia; to arms bazaars across the United States; to Detroit, as David tries to reconnect with his family-and to Chad, as David attempts to bring attention to the Darfur genocide.

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Author: David Axe, Matt Bors
ISBN-10: 0451230116
ISBN-13: 9780451230119
Publisher: Berkley / Nal
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2010
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.48h x 5.70w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2010
Publishers Weekly 06/14/2010
Booklist 08/01/2010 pg. 37