War is a force that gives us meaning:

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 guid...

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1. Verfasser: Hedges, Chris 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Anchor Books 2003
Ausgabe:1. Anchor Books ed.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-195) and index
Beschreibung:211 S.
ISBN:9780613998130
0613998138
1400034639

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