false 27502 9 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: &#8220;It gives us purpose, meaning, a reason for living.&#8221; <br><br>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, <b>War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning</b> is a work of terrible power and redemptive clarity whose truths have never been more necessary. 835823 2002 War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning total:819|5:315|4:315|3:154|2:27|1:8| 819 3359 1231 163 5 4 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 07:32:43 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 00:59:10 -0700 2008
Hedges describes that he is "hooked" on the narc...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 09:16:10 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 21:28:31 -0800 2007
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Hedges draws on a number of brilliant thinkers...and he draws on his own experience in order to describe the effects of war on us.

He says, in part, that we humans crave meaning, and war gives us meaning in a more intense fashion than anything e...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 09:52:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 00:03:24 -0700 2008
Question: Why do you feel so intensely in war? Yet it fades so quick?
"There are few individual relationships- the only possible way to form friendships- in war. ... Comrades seek to lose their identities in the relationship. Friends do not... Friends find themse...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jan 29 19:27:32 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 19:37:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 25 18:44:42 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 19:10:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Mar 22 11:59:22 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 22 12:13:15 -0700 2007

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, writes Chris Hedges, and upon completion of what The New York Times called his "powerful chronicle of modern war... a potent and el...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon May 28 14:07:43 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 14:07:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Oct 02 20:06:47 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 19:14:07 -0700 2007
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At first I thought this book was just another liberal anti-war rant. It's not. It's a well-written, wise and thoughtful warning to those who would rush into w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 20:44:40 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 05 22:10:03 -0700 2009 2
As a war correspondent for 15 years, Hedges covered conflicts from El Salvador and Nicaragua to the West Bank and Gaza; from Sudan and Algeria to the first Gulf War and Kosovo. He bor...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 17:08:58 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 05:48:58 -0700 2008 more...]]>