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Anthony Loyd’s Bloody Love Letter

Wednesday is about books. And reading. (And writing). A flashback here to the best book I ever read about war.

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Simon Sweetman
Dec 13, 2022
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I’ve only ever read a small handful of books about war. I might read a few more. One of the very best anyone could ever read is Dispatches by Michael Herr.



I have Sebastien Junger’s book WAR by the side of my bed. And one day I’ll start it. But I’m not really a war guy. And not a war-book guy. Oh, I’ve read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and one or two others…

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