 by the logic of war, the common people are turned into automatons “dispersed to the places allotted them when not at the guns,” and the final image is of a sterile, lifeless, inorganic mass of “smooth white marble.”°  Vietnam and Other American Fantasiesby Howard Bruce Franklin - 2000 - 256 pagesNo preview available - About this book
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