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Show Summary
Guest: Chris Hedges

Drawing on the literature of combat, from Homer and Shakespeare to Michael Herr, Hedges shows how war can be addictive. He discusses what he calls "the myth of war" – a call to combat based on lies and propaganda. The reality of war, which Hedges knows first-hand and describes in wrenching detail, leads him to question the motives for war, the destruction of culture, the perversion of human desire, and the embrace, ultimately, of death over life.