{"product_id":"war-is-a-force-that-gives-us-meaning-by-chris-hedges","title":"War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, an unflinching and close-up look at war: its intoxicating allure, its gruesome realities, and the grandeur it exposes about humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant, thoughtful, timely, and unsettling book.” ―New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral George S. Patton famously said, \"Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!\" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is nonetheless a sad fact that war gives meaning to many lives, a fact with which we have become familiar now that America is once again engaged in a military conflict. War is an enticing elixir. It gives us purpose, resolve, a cause. It allows us to be noble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Hedges of The New York Times has seen war up close―in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Central America―and he has been troubled by what he has seen: friends, enemies, colleagues, and strangers intoxicated and even addicted to war's heady brew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, he tackles the ugly truths about humanity's love affair with war, offering a sophisticated, nuanced, intelligent meditation on the subject that is also gritty, powerful, and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catnap Books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":53835623989514,"sku":"9781610393591","price":6.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4730\/2666\/files\/A1B41ACF-E3A7-4629-83E0-4733AF2BC173.jpg?v=1790761690","url":"https:\/\/catnapbooks.nl\/products\/war-is-a-force-that-gives-us-meaning-by-chris-hedges","provider":"Catnap Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}