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• Into the Valley of Death

  by Sebastian Junger + Follow

  Vanity Fair | January 2008

  This dispatch from “the deadliest pieces of terrain in the world for U.S. forces” chronicles Army outposts where “men spend their days in a surreal combination of backbreaking labor and deadly firefights, while they try to avoid the mistakes the Russians made.” This piece is as vivid a portrait as any painted of the dangerous conditions braved by Americans on the front lines.

• The Forensics of War

  by Sebastian Junger + Follow

  Vanity Fair | October 1999

  Under NATO control, Kosovo has become a vast crime scene, containing evidence of thousands of killings. With mass graves around almost every corner, teams from the F.B.I., the R.C.M.P., and Scotland Yard are trying to find the strongest cases to bring before the international war-crimes tribunal.

• The Storm

  by Sebastian Junger + Follow

  Outside | October 1994

  Six young men set out on a dead-calm sea to seek their fortunes. Suddenly they were hit by the worst gale in a century, and there wasn't even time to shout.