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Journalist calls war a 'powerful narcotic' by James B. Hale (October 30, 2008). War is a terrible drug that can break you down and leave you begging for more. That was the lesson Chris Hedges imparted to a crowd of hundreds at a lecture about his book, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, on Tuesday in the Colony Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union.
Not so radical after allby Kyle Garton (September 24, 2008). "... does Hedges really claim that war is always wrong? In his introduction, Hedges writes, "despite all this, I am not a pacifist. I respect and admire the qualities of professional soldiers. ... There are times when we must take this poison [of war]." Certainly Hedges spends the bulk of his book explicating war's insidious cultural effects, but Harris misses Hedges' crucial introductory qualification."
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