War

that — almost nothing else is possible. Thank you, guys, for the humor, the encouragement, the bad food, the good company, and for not making me pull guard duty like you threatened.

Finally there is my friend, partner, and comrade through all of this, photographer Tim Hetherington. It’s hard for me to even begin describing his contribution to this work. The images he captured — both stills and video — have become almost iconic of the war in Afghanistan. But more than that, his humor, courage, and companionship during our trips helped make this project psychologically possible for me. It was difficult out there, and Tim’s attitude about those difficulties was crucial. I was once asked about our collaboration, and my answer was something to the effect that working with Tim was like climbing into a little sports car and driving around really, really fast. He saw this story in startling new ways, and I learned a tremendous amount from just talking to him. Thanks, Tim. I hope we get to do many more like this.

About the Author

SEBASTIAN JUNGER is the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and A Death in Belmont. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and has been awarded a National Magazine Award and an SAIS Novartis Prize for journalism. With Tim Hetherington he directed the documentary Restrepo, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. He lives in New York City. For more information, you can visit www.sebastianjunger.com.

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RESTREPO

ONE PLATOON, ONE YEAR, ONE VALLEY

A Film by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington

“An extraordinary, shattering depiction of war.”

—Jada Yuan, New York Magazine

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.RESTREPOTHEMOVIE.COM

AN OUTPOST FILMS PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL

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Also by Sebastian Junger

A Death in Belmont

Fire

The Perfect Storm

Copyright

Copyright © 2010 by Sebastian Junger

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