War is well written and informative look at relatively recent U.S. activities in the Korengal Valley area of Afghanistan. Junger was an embedded journalist with a platoon at forward operating bases where conditions are brutal from a climate and terrain perspective. This area was among the most contested areas where firefights and snipers were frequent and deadly. Junger did a fantastic job capturing the fellowship of a platoon where guys will die for each other but may not like each other. Junger fills in the gap with relevant research related to individual war psychology. The difficulty of the missions and the overall anti-insurgent campaigns was conveyed by the fact that there is no real finality to winning but rather incremental progress potentially achieved. Junger especially did a nice job explaining how soldiers struggle coming back because there is nothing like the adrenaline rush of every action literally impacting life or death that thankfully cannot be duplicated upon returning home. Recommended for readers who want to better understand what U.S. soldiers were doing in these remote areas in modern warfare.