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If the title sounds as though the author, a seasoned war correspondent, has made up his mind that armed conflict is a force for good, don't be misled. This is an uncomfortable read, informed by the author's experiences during conflicts in the Balkans, Middle East and Central America and, although some parts of it read like a philosophical treatise, drawing upon the work of authors such as Homer and Shakespeare to analyse the human reaction to violence, the realities of modern warfare are never far away. Those who imbue what Hedges calls 'mythic war' with qualities such as patriotism, righteousness and just vengeance should meditate a while upon such statements as: 'The ethnic conflicts of our time, whether between Serbs and Muslims or Hutus and Tutsis, are not religious wars. They are not clashes between cultures or civilisations, nor are they the result of ancient ethnic hatreds. They are manufactured wars... and they are run by gangsters.' As one might expect, the Shakespearean example offered up by Hedges in support of his argument is Troilus and Cressida, with its indictment of the savagery of war, rather than the uplifting and patriotic Henry V. The squeamish will be disturbed by the appalling accounts of what war is actually like, a long way from the video-game images of laser-guided missiles striking disembodied targets. Hedges, who writes for The New York Times and is also a Harvard master of divinity, does not shrink from describing rotting corpses dumped in wells or exhumed from temporary graves, and the dehumanising effects of these experiences not only on the survivors of conflict, but also on the journalists who are present. He is all too aware of the addictive nature of the overpowering emotions produced by war, and the dark beauty of lives lived in the shadow of death... but, above all, he warns us against being seduced by its illusion. This is a necessary read in these uncertain times. (Kirkus UK)
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Here, veteran war correspondent Chris Hedges provides a complex, moving and thought-provoking reflection on how life is lived most intensely in times of war. Hedges has reported the front lines in the Balkans, the Middle East and Central America, and is troubled by what he sees: friends, enemies, colleagues and strangers intoxicated and even addicted to the heady brew of war. He tackles this ugly truth of the human animal with a sophisticated, nuanced and intelligent response that aims to be gritty and powerful.
If the title sounds as though the author, a seasoned war correspondent, has made up his mind that armed conflict is a force for good, don't be misled. This is an uncomfortable read, informed by the author's experiences during conflicts in the Balkans, Middle East and Central America and, although some parts of it read like a philosophical treatise, drawing upon the work of authors such as Homer and Shakespeare to analyse the human reaction to violence, the realities of modern warfare are never far away. Those who imbue what Hedges calls 'mythic war' with qualities such as patriotism, righteousness and just vengeance should meditate a while upon such statements as: 'The ethnic conflicts of our time, whether between Serbs and Muslims or Hutus and Tutsis, are not religious wars. They are not clashes between cultures or civilisations, nor are they the result of ancient ethnic hatreds. They are manufactured wars... and they are run by gangsters.' As one might expect, the Shakespearean example offered up by Hedges in support of his argument is Troilus and Cressida, with its indictment of the savagery of war, rather than the uplifting and patriotic Henry V. The squeamish will be disturbed by the appalling accounts of what war is actually like, a long way from the video-game images of laser-guided missiles striking disembodied targets. Hedges, who writes for The New York Times and is also a Harvard master of divinity, does not shrink from describing rotting corpses dumped in wells or exhumed from temporary graves, and the dehumanising effects of these experiences not only on the survivors of conflict, but also on the journalists who are present. He is all too aware of the addictive nature of the overpowering emotions produced by war, and the dark beauty of lives lived in the shadow of death... but, above all, he warns us against being seduced by its illusion. This is a necessary read in these uncertain times. (Kirkus UK)
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Here, veteran war correspondent Chris Hedges provides a complex, moving and thought-provoking reflection on how life is lived most intensely in times of war. Hedges has reported the front lines in the Balkans, the Middle East and Central America, and is troubled by what he sees: friends, enemies, colleagues and strangers intoxicated and even addicted to the heady brew of war. He tackles this ugly truth of the human animal with a sophisticated, nuanced and intelligent response that aims to be gritty and powerful.
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