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Format:
Book
Title:
Armageddon in retrospect : and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace
ISBN:
9780399155086

9781607511434

9780224085397
Publication:
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©2008.
Physical Description:
232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes non-fiction and short stories.
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.
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Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a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.
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