
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
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Chris Hedges
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By:
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Chris Hedges
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.
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"The best kind of war journalism: It is bitterly poetic and ruthlessly philosophical. It sends out a powerful message to people contemplating the escalation of the 'war against terrorism'." ( Los Angeles Times)
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Hearing it read by Hedges himself makes the words still more thoughtful.
This is a book that I go back to over and over. My husband works with veterans. I work with kids whose parents are deployed or have been deployed and I hear the _echoes_ of this book many times.
I think about Hedges' final message repetitively. If we are going to unleash the dogs of war, we should always be aware of what the _ongoing_ costs are. And Hedges uniquely lays out a discussion of what those costs are. Clearly, the wars we are prosecuting in the middle east are not "worth it", never were, and continue to not be worth it.
Worth a read and definitely worth a listen.
Augments a reading of the book, too
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But enough about all that, the book is a wonderful depiction of our 'darker angels', but it also shows the milk of human kindness and the capacity to love. It describes those who would report on such events and photographs and put their lives on the line to tell the story, much like the author. Totally worth the read very
25 years after I read this book...
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It is a process that shouldn’t be comforting or enjoyable. And I’m relieved that there are people in the world like Hedges who aren’t afraid to tell us the unabashed truth in the aims of maybe, just maybe, we can care enough to try to make a better world.
Extremely Powerful
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an essential, important work
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Amazing book!
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The myth of war
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Another brilliant read by Hedges
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This book clarifies why war is so seductive for some & why it's never worth it.
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Thought provoking
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