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020			_a1400034639 (pbk.)
020			_a9781400034635 (pbk.)
029	1		_aAU@ _b000045225969
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm60343117
035			_a(OCoLC)60343117
040			_aORZ _cORZ _dIQU _dBAKER _dOCLCQ _beng
041			_aeng
042			_apcc
050	1	4	_aU 21.2 _bH453w 2003
100	1		_aHedges, Chris _q(Christopher Lynn), _d1956- _935418
245	1	0	_aWar is a force that gives us meaning / _cChris Hedges.
250			_a1st Anchor Books ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAnchor Books, _c2003.
300			_a211 pages ; _c21 cm.
500			_aOriginally published in hardcover in the United States by Public Affairs, c2002.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520	1		_aDrawing 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.
600	1	0	_aHedges, Chris.
650		0	_aWar (Philosophy)
650		4	_aGuerra _95415
650		0	_aWar and society.
650		4	_aGuerra y sociedad _93030
650		0	_aWar and civilization.
650		4	_aGuerra y civilización _96392
650		0	_aMilitary history, Modern _y20th century.
650		4	_aHistoria militar moderna _ySiglo XX _91807
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