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Paul Fussell - Thank God for the Atom Bomb (1988)

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Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present.

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So many bright futures consigned to the ashes of the past.So many dreams lost in the madness that had engulfed us.Except for a few widely scattered shouts of joy, the survivors of the abyss sat hollow-eyed and silent, trying to comprehend a world without war.

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What someone doesn't want you to publish is journalism; all else is publicity.

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Born: March 22, 1924
Died: May 23, 2012 (aged 88)
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