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(0)Sebastian Junger
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Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian Junger argues that the problem lies not with vets or with the trauma they've suffered, but with the society to which they are trying to return. One of the most puzzling things about veterans who experience PTSD is that the majority never even saw combat -- and yet they feel deeply alienated and out...
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A combat narrative based on journalist Sebastian Junger's experiences in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008, during which he spent time intermittently embedded with a platoon of the 173rd Airborne brigade in Korengal Valley.
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Twister: Storm chasers on the brink of divorce create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of violent tornadoes.
Perfect storm: An unusually intense storm system puts commercial fishermen in mortal danger.
Outbreak: Containment of a deadly airborne virus requires extreme measures.
Poseidon: A luxury ocean liner capsizes on New Year's Eve.
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The perfect storm: In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer, perfect storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
Three kings: American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War become determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads...