Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging – review

Sebastian Junger’s lament on the failings of modern western communities suffers from a surfeit of nostalgia and disregard for historical fact

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging is a strange book. It is written by Sebastian Junger, a prize-winning author, war journalist, and maker of two outstanding documentaries on the conflict in Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, then, in his new book, Junger is particularly insightful when he is discussing combat soldiers and the difficulties they experience when returning from war zones.

Junger is nostalgic for a world that never existed – at least not for most people

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