{"product_id":"what-every-person-should-know-about-war-paperback","title":"What Every Person Should Know about War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Hedges\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDominick Anfuso\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed 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 U.S. military documentation of the brutalizing physical and psychological consequences of combat to speak for itself. Hedges poses dozens of questions that young soldiers might ask about combat, and then answers them by quoting from medical and psychological studies. - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans for fifteen years for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e He previously worked overseas for \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR. He is host of the Emmy Award­-nominated RT America show \u003ci\u003eOn Contact.\u003c\/i\u003e Hedges, who holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist for \u003ci\u003eWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. He has taught college credit courses through Rutgers University in the New Jersey prison system since 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384450302130,"sku":"9780743255127","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ede240a4dec42f228c8013f147f1267c.webp?v=1777886108","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/what-every-person-should-know-about-war-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}