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The Night of the Generals (1962)
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All you have to do is anesthetize the masses by telling them they're an elite, that they've got a mission, that they're making history, that they're fulfilling their destiny and fighting for a better world — and they swallow it like lambs — even when a guttersnipe says it.
Hans Hellmut Kirst
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Hans Hellmut Kirst
Born:
December 5, 1914
Died:
February 13, 1989
(aged 74)
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