At first, an admission: I’m starting my CBR run terribly late. I intend to catch up, and I just might. I’m a bulimic bibliophile, insomuch as I devour books in bingeing bursts, then go several months without reading much more than Buzzfeed listicles and back-of-the-can recipes. If I can sustain this binge for the next four months, I have a reasonable chance of hitting my target of 26. Lone Survivor is the war memoir of Marcus Luttrell, covering his training as a US Navy SEAL […]
Like the war itself, I want to support it but find myself turning away from the lies and delusion
This is easily the most controversial book I’ve read for the Cannonball. First: about me. I was never in the military. But I was an army brat, and have spent most of my life around military or ex-military. While I am under no illusions about my qualifications to speak on war, I do think I understand the kind of person Chris Kyle was (in the most general sense). I’ve known people like him (in temperament if not experience) my whole life. And, frankly, I don’t […]