The world as it is dispatches on the myth of human progress

"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.""
"Explores the American empire at home and abroad, looking at everything from the ill effects of the War on Terror to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
"Explores the American empire at home and abroad, looking at everything from the ill effects of the War on Terror to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."@en
"Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Empire of Illusion confronts the passivity and weakness of American liberalism."@en
"The bestselling author of "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" and "Empire of Illusion" takes readers inside the dark heart of American empire, at home and abroad."@en