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2008

Format:	Book
Author:	Vonnegut, Kurt.
Title:	Armageddon in retrospect : and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace / Kurt Vonnegut ; [introduction by Mark Vonnegut].
Publisher, Date:	New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©2008.
Description:	232 pages : illustrations ; 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Summary:	Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a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.
Subjects:	War -- Miscellanea. Peace -- Miscellanea. Violence -- Miscellanea. World War, 1939-1945 -- Miscellanea. United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Miscellanea.
Genre:	War fiction.
Notes:	Includes non-fiction and short stories. Introduction by Mark Vonnegut.
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.
LCCN:	2008921969
ISBN:	9780399155086 0399155082 9781607511434 1607511436 9780224085397 0224085395
Other Number:	183266934
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Control Number:	212251
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Call Number:	818 Vonnegut

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