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Reflections on War

Chris Hedges' Speech to AFSC's Annual Public Gathering
Nov. 6, 2004

Chris Hedges

Complete speech in mp3 format. (5.8 mb)

Complete' speech in Windows Media 9 format (streaming).

Speech by major topics, Real Audio format.

• Introduction
• The Rise of American Fascism
• War Coverage
• American's Isolation / Arrogance
• Ancient Athens
• U.S. as Pariah
• Muslim World / Terrorism
• The Seduction of War
• War is the Pornography of Violence
• Comradeship vs Friendship
• Popular Images of War
• War in El Salvador
• War is an Addiction
• An Ambush in El Salvador
• A Photographer in El Salvador
• Eros vs Thanatos
• Psychiatric Costs of War
• Yugoslavia
• Breaking Free of War

Transcript of Speech

This speech was based on Chris Hedges' book, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. He is also the author of What Every Person Should Know about War.

About Chris Hedges:

• Foreign War Correspondent with New York Times since 1990
• Member of New York Times team that won 2002 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of global terrorism
• Recipient of 2002 Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism
• Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University
• Formerly with Dallas Morning News, Christian Science Monitor, and National Public Radio
• B. A. in English Literature from Colgate University
• Master of Divinity from Harvard University

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