Reply #2: "War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning" - Chris Hedges. You could

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add Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman to your post, Ava. From some reviews of that book: : "Hedges does not argue that war gives us meaning, just that it seems to, and this meaning is ..." http://www.amazon.com/War-Force-that-Gives-Meaning/dp/1400034639
http://www.amazon.com/War-Force-that-Gives-Meaning/dp/customer-reviews/1400034639
Hedges argues that the comaraderie of men in battle is largely falsely imposed, or maybe is a perversion of true comaraderie (or something like that. It's been a while since I read it.) because it is an EXTREME form of social interaction and conflict.

I'm going to use that New York Post cover in my classes. It was discusting then, but even more disgusting in light of what has become of Fallujah since and what we know of phosphorus use, etc.