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Armageddon in retrospect, and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace / Kurt Vonnegut ; [introduction by Mark Vonnegut].

Author: Vonnegut, Kurt.

Publisher: New York : Putnam, c2008.

ISBN: 0399155082
9780399155086

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

Subject: War.
Peace.
Violence.
War stories.
World War, 1939-1945.
United States Social life and customs 20th century.

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Summary: Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a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