A Different Kind of War Story

by Carolyn Nordstrom

Book Overview

A Different Kind of War Story takes us to the frontlines of one of the most brutal wars in recent history. The setting is Mozambique during the fifteen-year war of terror that took a million lives--mostly civilian--and completely destroyed homes, crops, hospitals, schools, and even access to water. The characters are the soldiers who fought it, the thieves and opportunists who profited from it, and the ordinary people whose lives were shattered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812216210
• ISBN13: 9780812216219
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Most difficult book I have ever read

I have never been so affected by a book than this. I had to heal myself after reading it. Years after, I write this review while battling the gruesome images described in this account of violence. Chapter after chapter I was tempted to put it down, away, bury it, whatever as it is truly difficult to stomach. Yet in the end, the hope of humanity is triumphantly related in this harrowing book. A master piece of journalism.