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.

subjects: War (Philosophy),  Modern Military history,  War and society,  War and civilization,  Politics and Government,  Guerre,  Krieg,  Militär,  Philosophie,  Military history,  War (philosophy),  Hedges, chris,  Military history, modern,  Military history, modern--20th century,  U21.2 .h43 2002

People: Chris Hedges

Times: 20th century