Seeing any war through the distortion of comedy is healthy. There is just too much absurdity and irony at play in a… — Dave Abrams Absurdity Copy Share Image
The modern wars are also omnipresent in our electronic media - to be cynical about it, we now have 24 hours of… — Dave Abrams Available Copy Share Image
If Fobbit leaves a reader feeling stranded in some bland in-between territory, then I haven't done my job. But having said all… — Dave Abrams Bland Copy Share Image
I think I'm still just as conflicted about the war as I always was. On the one hand, I was a soldier… — Dave Abrams Allegiance Copy Share Image
There is no more "front" and "rear" where Fobbit-types would go to hide out in safer locations. In Iraq and Afghanistan, you… — Dave Abrams 360 degrees Copy Share Image
The near impossible. If no one believed in the impossible there would be nothing left to dream about — Dave Abrams Believed Copy Share Image
The careful choice of words, the scrubbing of language, the calculated images we presented to the external audiences - those were all… — Dave Abrams Audience Copy Share Image
I think it's possible - perhaps even necessary - to find comedy in any war. I mean, look at the brilliant work… — Dave Abrams Brilliant Copy Share Image
With a profession such as investing, people see the 'doing' as the buying and selling. It is difficult to come home from… — Dave Abrams Answers Copy Share Image
Wars always evolve over time, don't they? Iraq/Afghanistan is different than Vietnam, and Vietnam was different than Korea, and Korea was different… — Dave Abrams Afghanistan Copy Share Image
It's disingenous for me to say that I wasn't trying to write a moral novel. By its very nature as a novel… — Dave Abrams Appreciate Copy Share Image
Where the differences came in was the patina of ideology which the news media laid over everything. There's certainly a bias, to… — Dave Abrams Action Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to write a corrective novel - that would just end up tasting like medicine, and I tried to stay… — Dave Abrams Association Copy Share Image
