The Real Cost of War: The pain of shell shock and the US government’s war against its soldiers
Journalist Mark Boal talks about his article for Playboy, “The Real Cost of War,” about the suffering of American troops from “Post-traumatic Stress Disorder” and the government’s attempt to deny their pain to maintain the media narrative about how great wars is.
MP3 here. (31:11)
Author: Scott Horton
Scott Horton is editorial director of Antiwar.com, director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. He’s conducted more than 5,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna Horton. He is a fan of, but no relation to the lawyer from Harper’s.
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