[extropy-chat] FWD [Skeptic] Re: 'History' and the fulcrum of 1945

[Terry W. Colvin]

What say you Hubert re the popularity (or not) of Kurt Vonnegut's
_Slaughterhouse 5_ book?

Terry

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Scott Peterson wrote:

> I don't think that's necessarily true.  I remember reading a number of 
> books on the air war in Europe that were extremely critical of 
> "Bomber" Harris and the raids on Dresden.
>
> Ironically the one that comes immediately to mind is Kurt Vonnegut's 
> "Slaughterhouse 5".  Another would be Martin Caiden's book on 
> incendiary air warfare, "A Torch to the Enemy".  It didn't make many 
> value judgements but it didn't pull any punches in describing the 
> effects on the population.

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Scott, I think the post Terry forwarded was addressing only the
acceptability of such criticism within Germany. But, yes, Vonnegut (who
isn't likely to ever be accused of being a neo-Nazi) was harshly
critical of the Dresden bombing. I wonder if the book was popular in
Germany.
Best,
-SW


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