Chris Hedges at the NYS Writers Institute in 2007

Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and bestselling author, was keynote speaker the "The Ecologies of War: Life Technologies and Planetary Conflict" conference that explored issues relating to global violence and change in the 21st century.

Hedges is the author of "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning"(2002), a national bestseller that explores the seductive powers of wartime mythologies, and the challenges they pose to truth, liberty, and morality. He demonstrates how war seduces not only military personnel, but entire societies, corrupting politics, perverting cultures, and altering normal human behavior.

Hedges shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize as part of the "New York Times"reportorial team on global terrorism. As a reporter, Hedges has sent dispatches on violence and conflict from more than 50 countries over the course of the last 20 years.

His book "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America" (2007) examines the religious right's open antipathy to historical definitions of American democracy, and chronicles its determined and successful efforts to sieze the halls of power in Washington.

Other books by Hedges include "Losing Moses on the Freeway" (2005) and "What Every Person Should Know About War" (2003).

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