Now with a new preface for the paperback edition by the author, an
unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war by one of our
finest war correspondents.
Drawn from experience and interviews by Pulitzer-prize-winner Chris
Hedges, a devastating look the hidden costs of war, what it does to
individuals, families, communities and nations.
"A remarkable record of reporting and analysis. . . A contribution of
great significance in these troubled times." --Noam Chomsky
In the twenty years since the publication of War Is a Force that Gives
Us Meaning, Chris Hedges has not wanted to write another book on the
subject of war--until now, with the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
In fifteen short chapters, Chris Hedges astonishes us with his clear and
cogent argument against war, not on philosophical grounds or through
moral arguments, but in an irrefutable stream of personal encounters
with the victims of war, from veterans and parents to gravely wounded
American serviceman who served in the Iraq War, to survivors of the
Holocaust, to soldiers in the Falklands War, among others. Hedges
reported from Sarajevo, and was in the Balkans to witness the collapse
of the Soviet Union.
Today it is important again to be reminded who are the victors of the
spoils of war and of other unerring truths, not only in this war but in
all modern wars, where civilians are always the main victims, and the
tools and methods of war are capable of so much destruction it boggles
the mind.
