The Greatest Evil Is War is no exception, which is precisely why every American should read it and reflect on its disturbing message.” Other writers seek to comfort or distract his purpose is to agitate, unsettle, and demand moral accountability. This is a contribution of great significance in these troubled times.” And Andrew Bacevich adds, “Savage honesty is a hallmark of everything Chris Hedges writes.
Noam Chomsky says, “Chris Hedges has been an incomparable source of insight and understanding, both in his outstanding career as a courageous journalist and in his penetrating commentary on world events. Let me just quote two writers this site’s readers know well on it. My own copy arrived only a day ago and went instantly to the top of my must-read pile. Now, his latest book, The Greatest Evil Is War, on the nightmare that so eternally seems to have him (and us) in its grip, has just been published. 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.[ Note for TomDispatch Readers: Chris Hedges’s first book, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, blew me away years ago. What will happen to my body after I die? What are the long-term consequences of combat stress? What does it feel like to kill someone? What could happen to me in a nuclear attack? What is the most painful way to get wounded? What are my chances of being wounded or killed if we go to war? Hedges poses dozens of questions that young soldiers might ask about combat, and then answers them by quoting from medical and psychological studies.
military documentation of the brutalizing physical and psychological consequences of combat to speak for itself. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. 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.
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