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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hedges, Chris.     Subjects     War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Personal narratives.     Just war doctrine -- Criticism and interpretation.     Weapons industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hedges, Chris.       by title:      The greatest evil is...       by call number:      070.449172 H453g     Search the Web     Hedges, Chris.     War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Personal narratives.     Just war doctrine -- Criticism and interpretation.     Weapons industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States.       MARC Display

The greatest evil is war / Chris Hedges. by Hedges, Chris. Seven Stories Press, 2022. Call #: 070.449172 H453g Subjects War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Personal narratives.   Just war doctrine -- Criticism and interpretation.   Weapons industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States. ISBN:  9781644212936 (hc.) Description:  205 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Drawn from experience and interviews by Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, this book looks at the hidden cost of war, what it does to individuals, families, communities, and nations. 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. (...)"--Jacket. "Journalist Hedges (Our Class) delivers a blistering condemnation of war in all forms and for all reasons. Opening the book with a forceful condemnation of the U.S. government’s role in provoking the Russian invasion of Ukraine by breaking its promise not to expand NATO into Central and Eastern Europe, Hedges draws on his experiences as a war correspondent in Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and elsewhere to paint a visceral portrait of the horrors of combat and its physical and psychological aftereffects. Throughout, he fiercely condemns the 'war industry' for prolonging conflicts and U.S. politicians and journalists for using 'bellicose rhetoric' to demonize enemies and elevate allies into 'demigods.' Some of the book’s most powerful pieces draw on the firsthand testimonies of soldiers and their loved ones, including a former U.S. Army Ranger who speaks eloquently of how indoctrination into military culture made him 'want to deliver death,' and the father of a Marine killed by a sniper in Iraq.(...)"--Publishers Weekly. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 070.449172 H453g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 070.449172 H453g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 070.449172 H453g Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 070.449172 H453g Adult books Item being held Add Copy to MyList

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