War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

Name: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
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ISBN: 9781400034635

ISBN-10: 1400034639

ISBN-13: 9781400034635

Edition: 2003

Authors: Chris Hedges

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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,…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/10/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English