Welmer, Scars of War
Morning Joe: Gen. Odierno: Bond among soldiers can't be underestimated
(Includes coverage of a book on the Medal of Honor.)
Similar descriptions of the brotherhood of soldiers to that given by Sebastian Junger, very much commonplace these days but at the same does this characterization of their actions not diminish the nationalist myth of the citizen-soldier? One can be motivated for both purposes, but it is also possible to be motivated by love of one's comradse only, having lost any faith in one's government or being agnostic about whether the cause itself is just or not.
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