Chapter 14: Holy mother of Hemingway, it is absolute literary genius.
Chapter 14: Holy mother of Hemingway, it is absolute literary genius.
pickOona Hathaway is Professor of International Law and Political Science at Yale and Scott Shapiro is Professor of Law and Philosophy at Yale. This is a thorough and engaging look at the legal framework underpinning war as a means of dispute resolution and how the Grotius view of “might is right” was overturned with the 1928 Paris Peace Pact, which changed attitudes to the legitimacy of war and formed the basis of the modern international order.
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My father was in WWII. He was in a communications unit attached to the 3rd division. His stories were interesting. I read this book in the 80s. It makes me wonder how kids would fair if we had another World War and a draft. I hope we never find out.
pickSoft pick - 3/5
Alia, librarian in Basra, Iraq, does her best to save the books of her library from being destroyed by the raging war.
Why soft pick? Not a fan of the illustrations and of the writing style.
1- yes it can expand and reflect your own experiences of the time period
2-tagged is Vonnegut‘s response to the turbulent and existentialist absurdity/cruelty of the Vietnam war era
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