War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

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"Drawing on the literature of combat, from Homer and Shakespeare to Erich Maria Remarque and Michael Herr, Hedges shows how human beings are conditioned to embrace what he calls "the myth of war" - the idea that combat is noble, selfless, and glorious. And yet if human history is any guide, nations and imperiums have stumbled and even fallen when they believed the myths peddled about war and about themselves.

The reality of war, which Hedges knows first-hand, is about the destruction of culture, the perversion of human desire, and the embrace, ultimately, of death over life."--BOOK JACKET.

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PublicAffairs
Language
English
Pages
192

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War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
Apr 08, 2014, PublicAffairs
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
June 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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Cover of: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
June 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
June 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
June 10, 2003, Anchor, Anchor Books
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
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War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
2002, Public Affairs
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
September 3, 2002, PublicAffairs
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Library of Congress
U21.2 .H43 2002, U21.2.H43 2002

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
192
Dimensions
8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
Weight
15.2 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8820529M
Internet Archive
warisforcethatgi00hedg
ISBN 10
1586480499
ISBN 13
9781586480493
LCCN
2002068136
OCLC/WorldCat
50124276
Library Thing
90945
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B0006DY6NI
Better World Books
BWB16236954
Goodreads
850315

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