{"product_id":"raritan-on-war-an-anthology-paperback-softback-9781978841604","title":"Raritan on War; An Anthology (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978841604","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRaritan on War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJackson Lears (Edited by), Karen Parker Lears (Edited by), C. Felix Amerasinghe (Contributions by), Andrew J. Bacevich (Contributions by), Victoria De Grazia (Contributions by), Tamas Dobozy (Contributions by), David Ferry (Contributions by), M. Fortuna (Contributions by), Cai Guo-Qiang (Contributions by), Emma Dodge Hanson (Contributions by), Jochen Hellbeck (Contributions by), Karl Kirchwey (Contributions by), Ray Klimek (Contributions by), Peter LaBier (Contributions by), Patrick Lawrence (Contributions by), d. mark levitt (Contributions by), Michael Miller (Contributions by), Lyle Jeremy Rubin (Contributions by), Elizabeth D. Samet (Contributions by), Sherod Santos (Contributions by), Robert Westbrook (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978841604\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages, 5 color images, 19 B-W images\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Jackson and Karen Lears have given us a compelling and relevant collection of writings revealing the human, geopolitical, and moral costs of America’s long engagement with perpetual global war. \u003ci\u003eRaritan on War\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly important intervention in its revelations of the human consequences-at home and abroad-of the bipartisan commitment to war making.\" - Katrina vanden Heuvel (editorial director and publisher, The Nation) \"At a time when armed conflict is not just widespread, but rehabilitated and sanctified in the eyes of many, \u003ci\u003eRaritan on War\u003c\/i\u003e is an important reminder of its ruination, its viciousness, and maybe most important, of the artifice and forgetting that lead societies to justify its use.\" - Branko Marcetic (Jacobin) \"\u003ci\u003eRaritan on War\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a collection of beautifully told, unforgettable portraits of war and its ills. Bringing to life the voices and imagery of victims who have suffered war’s devastating harms, as well as the insidious role played by defenders of war, this volume represents the legacy of \u003ci\u003eRaritan\u003c\/i\u003e at its literary and timeless best.\" - Karen Greenberg (author of Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump) \"While spanning a wide range of wars and eras, this anthology also offers a sharp focus on the U.S. warfare state in the present day. \u003ci\u003eRaritan on War\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully challenges us to look anew at the unhinged militarism that permeates American society.\" - Norman Solomon (author of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWe are, once again, a world at war. Geopolitical elites are deploying the implacable forces of ethnocentric hatred and religious nationalism; ordinary people are paying a fearful price. Not for the first time: this has been the characteristic pattern of war for more than a century. Every selection in this anthology (except for the timeless \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e) casts light on modern war, observed or directly experienced. Most are grounded in particular places-Stalingrad, Halberstadt, Budapest, Baghdad, Algiers, the Tamil ghost towns of Sri Lanka, the six-by-twelve-foot cell in Belmarsh maximum security prison where Julian Assange is held without bail for the act of revealing U.S. war crimes. Some recapture the actual look and feel of war-the sight of a seven-year-old girl clutching her mother's hand, dodging explosions in the Halberstadt public square; the sound of a Mozart concerto in D Minor, heard by a family hiding in a cave, played on their own piano by a Serbian sniper. Others take aim at the vast and vapid abstractions used to justify armed conflict, down to and including the use of nuclear weapons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaritan on War\u003c\/i\u003e collects some of the finest writing on that troubling subject published in \u003ci\u003eRaritan \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e between 2003 and 2022. The editors, Jackson Lears and Karen Parker Lears, have selected work that typifies \u003ci\u003eRaritan\u003c\/i\u003e's wide-ranging sensibility, focusing on a topic that is aesthetically rich, intellectually challenging, and morally disturbing. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eRaritan \u003c\/i\u003eo\u003ci\u003en War\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the power of art and reflection to sustain humane ways of being in the world, even amid constant global violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors: C. Felix Amerasinghe; Andrew J. Bacevich; Victoria De Grazia; Tamas Dobozy; David Ferry; M. Fortuna; Cai Guo-Qiang; Emma Dodge Hanson; Jochen Hellbeck; Karl Kirchwey; Ray Klimek; Peter LaBier; Patrick Lawrence; d. mark levitt; Michael Miller; Lyle Jeremy Rubin; Elizabeth D. Samet; Sherod Santos; Robert Westbrook\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Victoria De Grazia\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Are Not Alone, Stalingrad: Reflections on the 75th Anniversary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Patrick Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssange behind Glass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e M. Fortuna\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePercussion of Cut and Salve \u003c\/i\u003e(painting-assemblage)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Michael Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSix Years from Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e (poetry)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e C. Felix Amerasinghe\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road to Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (fiction)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Andrew J. Bacevich\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar and the Failures of the Fourth Estate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Ferry\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLabores: A Translation from the \u003c\/i\u003eAeneid (poetry)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jochen Hellbeck and Emma Dodge Hanson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembering Stalingrad \u003c\/i\u003e(photo-essay)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peter LaBier\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Fright\u003c\/i\u003e (painting)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth D. 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