TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hedges,Chris
TI  - War is a force that gives us meaning
SN  - 1400034639 (pbk.)
AV  - U 21.2 H453w 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Anchor Books
KW  - Hedges, Chris.
KW  - War (Philosophy)
KW  - Guerra
KW  - War and society
KW  - Guerra y sociedad
KW  - War and civilization
KW  - Guerra y civilización
KW  - Military history, Modern
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Historia militar moderna
KW  - Siglo XX
N1  - Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Public Affairs, c2002; Includes bibliographical references and index; The myth of war -- The plague of nationalism -- The destruction of culture -- The seduction of battle and the perversion of war -- The hijacking and recovery of memory -- The cause -- Eros and Thanatos
N2  - Drawing on the literature of combat, from Homer and Shakespeare to Erich Maria Remarque and Michael Herr, Hedges argues that 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, asserts Hedges, with first-hand experience, is about the destruction of culture, the perversion of human desire, and the embrace, ultimately, of death over life
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