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War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning

By Chris Hedges

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About the book

As a veteran war correspondent, Chris Hedges has survived ambushes in Central America, imprisonment in Sudan, and a beating by Saudi military police. He has seen children murdered for sport in Gaza and petty thugs elevated into war heroes in the Balkans. Hedges, who is also a former divinity student, has seen war at its worst and knows too well that to those who pass through it, war can be exhilarating and even addictive: It gives us purpose, meaning, a reason for living."Drawing on his own expe...Show more

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9781610393591

Publisher

INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US

Published year

2014

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War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning

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