A Rumor of War. (McCormick's Quick Takes).A Rumor of War (Owlet reprinted 1996). Marine Lieutenant Philip Caputo was among the first U.S. ground combat troops to arrive in Vietnam in the spring of 1965. In this impassioned and disturbing memoir of the 16 months that followed, Caputo offers readers an intimate record of one courageous young man's disillusionment Disillusionment Adams, Nick loses innocence through WWI experience. [Am. Lit.: “The Killers”] Angry Young Men disillusioned postwar writers of Britain, such as Osborne and Amis. [Br. Lit. and descent into the hell of war, as well as his long struggle to make sense of his own response to the violence he found both abhorrent ab·hor·rent adj. 1. Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent. 2. Feeling repugnance or loathing. 3. Archaic Being strongly opposed. and mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" . This is a tale that explores the human fascination with war and asks what any one of us would do if we found ourselves in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of such madness. |
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