Vonnegut, Kurt.

Armageddon in retrospect : and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace / Kurt Vonnegut ; [introduction by Mark Vonnegut]. - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, - 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes non-fiction and short stories.

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.

Introduction by Mark Vonnegut.

Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a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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Vonnegut, Kurt 1922-2007


1900-1999


War--Miscellanea.
Peace--Miscellanea.
Violence--Miscellanea.
World War, 1939-1945--Miscellanea.
War.
Guerre--
Paix--
Violence--

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--
War--Miscellanea.
Peace--Miscellanea.
Violence--Miscellanea.
War stories.
World War, 1939-1945--Miscellanea.
Manners and customs.
Peace.
Violence.
War.
Krieg
Friede
War--Miscellanea.
World War, 1939-1945--Miscellanea.
Peace--Miscellanea.
Violence--Miscellanea.
World War, 1939-1945--Miscellanea.


United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Miscellanea.
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United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
United States.


War stories.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Cuentos de guerra.
War fiction.
Trivia and miscellanea.
War fiction.
War stories.
War stories.

PS3572.O5 / A89 2008

818/.54

813.54 V94a