{"product_id":"b00ihgvs6e","title":"War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning","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\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant, thoughtful, timely, and unsettling book.” ― New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52797604593880,"sku":"YSL28156","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/61EvZ-s8VJL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792839622","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b00ihgvs6e","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}