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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. ]]> 15438 3.91 1696 435 2002 2 0 false Mon Jul 09 23:08:34 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:07:10 -0800 2009