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The World As It Is: Dispatches On The Myth Of Human Progress (2011)

by Chris Hedges(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

156858640X (ISBN13: 9781568586403)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Nation Books

review 1: Saying "I really liked it" is a bit much, in an interesting way. This book was a difficult read, not in terms of style, which is eminently clear, but in its subject. This book somewhat mercilessly strips off the 'good-guy' political image we have of ourselves, and uses stories of real people to demonstrate the terrible things that get done to others in the name of business or nationalistic policy. The stories are short, but convey a very strong sense that we are on the wrong path, and have been for a long time.This is an important read, and a strong call to action.
review 2: Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize winner and started his career covering the conflicts during the 1980's in Central America and has been covering war zones ever since. Ultimately he was ... morefired by the New York Times because he refused to pretend that balanced reporting on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan was anything other than a lie. If you consider yourself a liberal/democrat/progressive/spiritual/socialist/humanist then this might be the best political book you'll ever read. It's a collection of articles he's written since 2008. less

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