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Armageddon in retrospect, and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace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Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a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