As a veteran war correspondent; Chris Hedges has survived ambushes in Central America; imprisonment in Sudan; and a beating by Saudi military police. He has seen children murdered for sport in Gaza and petty thugs elevated into war heroes in the Balkans. Hedges; who is also a former divinity student; has seen war at its worst and knows too well that to those who pass through it; war can be exhilarating and even addictive: “It gives us purpose; meaning; a reason for living.†Drawing on his own experience and on the literature of combat from Homer to Michael Herr; Hedges shows how war seduces not just those on the front lines but entire societies; corrupting politics; destroying culture; and perverting the most basic human desires. Mixing hard-nosed realism with profound moral and philosophical insight; War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning is a work of terrible power and redemptive clarity whose truths have never been more necessary.
Ingramcontent 2016-04-28Original language:English 9.21 x .88 x 6.14l; 1.62 #File Name: 1354963598Journal of the American Oriental Society
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