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War is a force that gives us meaning, Chris Hedges

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War is a force that gives us meaning, Chris Hedges

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-195) and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

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non fiction

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War is a force that gives us meaning

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electronic resource eBook

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Chris Hedges

Review

Drawing on the literature of combat, from Homer and Shakespeare to Erich Maria Remarque and Michael Herr, Hedges argues that human beings are conditioned to embrace what he calls "the myth of war"--The idea that combat is noble, selfless, and glorious, and yet, if human history is any guide, nations and imperiums have stumbled and even fallen when they believed the myths peddled about war and about themselves. The reality of war, asserts Hedges, with first-hand experience, is about the destruction of culture, the perversion of human desire, and the embrace, ultimately, of death over life

Table Of Contents

The myth of war -- The plague of nationalism -- The destruction of culture -- The seduction of battle and the perversion of war -- The hijacking and recovery of memory -- The cause -- Eros and Thanatos

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