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All the ways we kill and die, an elegy for a fallen comrade and the hunt for his killer, Brian Castner

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All the ways we kill and die, an elegy for a fallen comrade and the hunt for his killer, Brian Castner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-340)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All the ways we kill and die

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

914219087

Responsibility statement

Brian Castner

Sub title

an elegy for a fallen comrade and the hunt for his killer

Summary

"When Brian Castner, an Iraq War vet, learns that his friend and EOD brother Matt has been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, he goes to console Matt's widow, but he also begins a personal investigation. Is the bomb maker who killed Matt the same man American forces have been hunting since Iraq, known as the Engineer? In this nonfiction thriller Castner takes us inside the manhunt for this elusive figure, meeting maimed survivors, interviewing the forensics teams who gather post-blast evidence, the wonks who collect intelligence, the drone pilots and contractors tasked to kill"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

The dead. Blast waves ; Road to perdition ; A frozen funeral ; Cat vs. cat -- Tend the wounded. One hour to Kandahar ; A child's pride ; The robot has a name ; Breached hulls -- Collect the evidence. Brave new war ; I'm going to kill you, bomb man -- Hunt and kill. The black hole ; Helmet fire ; Khowst Bowl ; Long and messy and gray -- The dead revisited. All the ways we live and die

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