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The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War. Jim Murphy. 3.80. 686 ratings81 reviews. This contemporary classic explores the role of boys who fought in the Civil War. No reader’s vision of America’s most brutal and bloody war will be the same after reading this book.
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War Boys are the paramilitary arm of The Citadel and serve as Immortan Joe's servants and soldiers. They appear in both Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max (2015 video game).
War Boys are hand picked at a young age by the guardians of the elevator platform of The Citadel and are indoctrinated as zealots in the cult of V8 with Immortan Joe as their immortal leader. They were based on the Vikings of Scandinavia and the Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II. They are completely loyal, blindly following their leader, nev...
Their history is unknown, where or what era they were founded in as well as how long they have stayed in power. They control scarce resources such as water, food, ammunition and crops that they acquired by unknown means and use these resources to stay in power. They are allied with Gas Town and the Bullet Farm, extorting resources like "guzzolene" and ammunition. They rarely engage in battle amongst their own, as they are dependent on each other in order to survive.
The War boys all appear to suffer from some sort of terminal disease - most commonly lymphoma. Healthy children are a rarity in the wastes and for those born with the affliction, signing on with Immortan Joe is the only way to prolong their short, miserable lifespans. This is achieved through regular blood transfusions from "blood bags," rare, disease-free slaves whose purpose is to provide fresh, clean blood in a world without a means to preserve it. They are covered in ritualistic scarification, perhaps as an outward representation of their station, and dusted in white pigment to achieve a fearsome, skeletal appearance. This dusting may also serve to disguise their generally sickly appearance and make it harder to distinguish one from another to outsiders.
•Immortan Joe - Leader
•Rictus Erectus - Commander and co-leader.
•The Prime Imperator
•Coma-Doof Warrior
•Nux (formerly)
•Slit
•The War Boys' act of spraying their teeth with chrome paint was inspired by the 1981 Oscar nominated documentary titled Front Line. It follows the career of Tasmanian-born combat cameraman Neil Davis, particularly his time in South Vietnam and Cambodia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. George Miller said in an interview:
Seeing this peculiar act on screen inspired him to create a similar ritual for the War Boys whom would spray their teeth with chrome paint before battle (or more precisely, before an attack) which would help bring them to Valhalla. Additionally, this ritual is analogous to a real world act of 'Chroming', i.e. inhaling intoxicative volatile vapors or gases of chrome paint via the nose and trachea. A third reason for this ritual is that the War Boys - weary of their dwindling health desire to be more like 'indestructable' machines, not only through body modification representing mechanical parts (engine blocks, spanners, cog wheels etc.), practicing the religion of the "V8", but also ultimately spraying their faces with chrome paint - regarded as the most beautiful finish on a machine, which might help them reach Valhalla and McFeast with the gods.
Mar 22, 1993 · The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War. Paperback – Illustrated, March 22, 1993. by Jim Murphy (Author) 4.7 200 ratings. See all formats and editions. This contemporary classic explores the role of boys who fought in the Civil War.
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Sep 15, 1988 · The story of a boys experiences in a concentration camp in China during World War 2, David Michell was the son of parents doing missionary work in China at the time, although his parents managed to stay ahead of the Japanese they had to leave David with his school.
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