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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 1685 430 2002 3 0 false Sun Oct 05 15:53:11 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 16:04:43 -0700 2008
Still, good book. A little more damning of the endeavor that I would be, though not by much. Also he's a witness to the recent massacres and collective...more...]]>