Full name: The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress

Author: Chris Hedges Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Politics, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781568587288 1568587287

Drawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges presents The World As It Is, a panorama of the American empire at home and abroad, from the coarsening effect of America's War on Terror to the front lines in the Middle East and South Asia and the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Underlying his reportage is a constant struggle with the nature of war and its impact on human civilization. "War is always about betrayal," Hedges notes. "It is about betrayal of the young by the old, of cynics by idealists, and of soldiers and Marines by politicians. Society's institutions, including our religious institutions, which mold us into compliant citizens, are unmasked." Similar books: Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace by Gore Vidal Dreaming War by Gore Vidal The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer Rogue States by Noam Chomsky The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by Gore Vidal Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky The Coming Anarchy by Robert D. Kaplan Distant Voices by John Pilger The Chomsky Reader by Noam Chomsky Our Divided Political Heart by E. J. Dionne Jr. Interventions by Noam Chomsky Right Is Wrong by Arianna Huffington Web of Deceit by Mark Curtis Demonic by Ann Coulter War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges Unspeakable by Chris Hedges Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges America by Chris Hedges