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Armageddon in retrospect, and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace

Call Number

  • 303.66 V947 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Putnam, c2008.

Physical Description

232 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Summary

Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a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.

Contents

  • 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.

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