War is--? / an introduction by Patty Campbell -- People like war / an introduction by Marc Aronson -- Dead Marine becomes lesson for students / an Associated press article -- Letter to a young enlistee / by Christian Bauman -- The recruitment minefield / by Bill Bigelow -- The moment of combat : an excerpt from What every person should know about war / by Chris Hedges, with an introduction by the author -- Thou shalt not kill / an interview with army chaplain Lyn Brown -- The war prayer / by Mark Twain -- Master of war / a song by Bob Dylan -- Letters from "over there," 1919 / excerpts from the World War I letters of Fred Duane Cowan -- In the front lines. The God-damned infantry ; A pure miracle ; The horrible waste of war ; A long thin line of personal anguish / columns by Ernie Pyle -- Memories of Vietnam. The battle of the horseshoe ; Vietnam tunnels / by C.W. Bowman, Jr. -- Letter from Vietnam / by Mickey Andrews -- Woman at war : what it is like to be a female soldier in Iraq / by Helen Benedict -- Wordsmith at war / a miliblog by Lee Kelley -- In order to see beauty in life, I had to see hell / an interview with Staff Sergeant David Bellavia -- Tough / by Joel Turnipseed -- A survivor's tale / a Nagasaki memoir by Fumiko Miura -- Killing flies / a one-act play by Rita Williams-Garcia -- Heads / a story by Margo Lanagan.
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