02260cam a2200445 a 450000100060000000300080000600500170001400700030003100800410003402000220007502000250009702900220012203500230014403500200016704000370018704100080022404200080023205000230024010000550026324500580031825000250037626000370040130000240043850000850046250400510054750502070059852006000080560000190140565000210142465000170144565000210146265000280148365000260151165000340153765000440157165000450161594200120166099900170167295201250168981097BJBSDDR20240422162439.0ta050511s2003    nyu      b    001 0deng c  a1400034639 (pbk.)  a9781400034635 (pbk.)1 aAU@b000045225969  a(OCoLC)ocm60343117  a(OCoLC)60343117  aORZcORZdIQUdBAKERdOCLCQbeng  aeng  apcc14aU 21.2bH453w 20031 aHedges, Chris q(Christopher Lynn), d1956-93541810aWar is a force that gives us meaning /cChris Hedges.  a1st Anchor Books ed.  aNew York :bAnchor Books,c2003.  a211 pages ;c21 cm.  aOriginally published in hardcover in the United States by Public Affairs, c2002.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.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.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.10aHedges, Chris. 0aWar (Philosophy) 4aGuerra95415 0aWar and society. 4aGuerra y sociedad93030 0aWar and civilization. 4aGuerra y civilización96392 0aMilitary history, Moderny20th century. 4aHistoria militar modernaySiglo XX91807  2lcccBK  c33103d33103  00102lcc40708RRaBJBbBJBcRRd2023-04-10l0oU 21.2 H453w 2003p00000072871r2018-10-23 00:00:00t1w2018-10-23yBK