The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress.

Chris Hedges's newest book 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 S. 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. Chris Hedges is a fellow at The Nation Institute,