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We Like Our War Movies Bloody Clean and Simple, Thank You

Posted on March 26, 2014 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

Jim Gourley, in a guest post at Thomas Ricks’ Foreign Policy column, ponders the box-office returns of Lone Survivor and other war movies and concludes that to do well, a war movie must appeal to U.S. audiences — and to appeal to U.S. audiences, the movie best focus on the actions of heroes, not nations; on action, […]

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Our Sickening Rush to See PTSD – and What It Costs Vets

Posted on January 6, 2012 by David Dobbs · 5 Comments

When Iraq-war veteran Benjamin Colton Barnes shot park ranger Margaret Anderson dead last week, the speculation started almost as soon as the gun reports faded: Barnes must have PTSD. I first saw this speculation on Twitter, where I suggested it was a tad early to speculate, since police were still trying to track Barnes down […]

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I write features, reviews, and essays for The New York Times, National Geographic, Aeon, Mosaic, Slate, and other publications. I am also the author of three books, as well as the Atavist hit My Mother’s Lover, the true strange story of my mother's secret wartime affair, which became a # 1 best-selling Kindle Single, and which readers of the longform publisher The Atavist selected as their favorite Atavist publication. You can keep track of me at Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook. For my reading recommendations in my daily newsletter, Read Two of These and Call Me in the Morning., sign up either here or in the form below.

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