Armageddon in Retrospect ; : and Other new and Unpublished Writings on war and Peace
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Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to his family, May 29, 1945 -- Kurt Vonnegut at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007 -- Wailing shall be in all streets -- Great day -- Guns before butter -- Happy birthday, 1951 -- Brighten up -- Unicorn trap -- Unknown soldier -- Spoils -- Just you and me, Sammy -- Commandant's desk -- Armageddon in retrospect.
Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a meditation on the impossibility of shielding children from the temptations of violence.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Putnam, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 232 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780399155086
0399155082
SUBJECTS
War.
Peace.
Violence.
War -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.