Suchergebnisse

The greatest evil is war -- Chronicle of a war foretold -- Worthy and unworthy victims -- The pimps of war -- The act of killing -- The soldier's tale -- Existential crisis -- Corpses -- When the bodies come home -- Wounds that never heal -- Shadows of war -- War as myth -- War memorials -- The golden age of heroes -- Orphans -- Permanent war.

Intro -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Chapter 1 - Decay -- Chapter 2 - Heroin -- Chapter 3 - Work -- Chapter 4 - Sadism -- Chapter 5 - Hate -- Chapter 6 - Gambling -- Chapter 7 - Freedom -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright.

The illusion of literacy -- The illusion of love -- The illusion of wisdom -- The illusion of happiness -- The illusion of America

In this no-holds-barred essay, former New York Times Middle East correspondent and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges examines how the United States' staunch support provides Israel with impunity to visit mayhem on a population which it subjugates and holds captive. Notwithstanding occasional and momentary criticism, the official U.S. cheerleading stance is not only an embarrassing spectacle, Hedges argues, it is also a violation of international law, and an illustration of the disfiguring and poisonous effect of the psychosis of permanent war characteristic of both countries. The author goes on to conclude that the reality of its actions against the Palestinians, both current and historical, exposes the fiction that Israel stands for the rule of law and human rights, and gives the lie to the myth of the Jewish state and that of its sponsor, the United States.