What Every Person Should Know About War
by Chris Hedges
Acclaimed New York Times journalist and author Chris Hedges offers a critical -- and fascinating -- lesson in the dangerous realities of our age: a stark look at the effects of war on combatants. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. Hedges allows
• What are my chances of being wounded or killed if we go to war?
• What does it feel like to get shot? • What do artillery shells do to you?
• What is the most painful way to get wounded?
• Will I be afraid?
• What could happen to me in a nuclear attack?
• What does it feel like to kill someone?
• Can I withstand torture?
• What are the long-term consequences of combat stress?
• What will happen to my body after I die?
This profound and devastating portrayal of the horrors to which we subject our armed forces stands as a ringing indictment of the glorification of war and the concealment of its barbarity.
Published November 1st 2007 by Free Press (first published June 3rd 2003)
1 comment:
You forgot one:
Will the barracks smell like a homeless shelter after everyone returns from a week in the field?
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