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" War is a force that gives us meaning / "
Chris Hedges.
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BL
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881255
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Hedges, Chris.
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War is a force that gives us meaning /\ Chris Hedges.
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1st ed.
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New York :: PublicAffairs,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (211 pages)
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0786741856
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1400034639
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1586480499
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9781400034635
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9781586480493
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-195) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction; 1 The Myth of War; 2 The Plague of Nationalism; 3 The Destruction of Culture; 4 The Seduction of Battle and the Perversion of War; 5 The Hijacking and Recovery of Memory; 6 The Cause; 7 Eros and Thanatos; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.
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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." awing on his own experience and on the literature of combat from Homer to Michael Herr, Hedges shows how war seduces not.
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Hedges, Chris.
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Hedges, Chris.
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Military history, Modern-- 20th century.
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War (Philosophy)
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HISTORY-- Military-- Other.
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Military history, Modern.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
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War (Philosophy)
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355.02
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U21.2.H43 2002eb
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