tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410068166190075767.post5857618024404822665..comments2023-10-20T10:58:10.264-04:00Comments on Write Now, Right Now: WarBetsy Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871010122475160477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410068166190075767.post-86181153502257567632013-12-03T21:50:12.036-05:002013-12-03T21:50:12.036-05:00As a veteran and amateur military historian, Betsy...As a veteran and amateur military historian, Betsy, I concur with much of what you've written here. My two favorite novels on war are The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer and HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean. While I realize you're context here leans toward non-fiction, there are novels that have a lot to tell us, too. Just a thought!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410068166190075767.post-60769796051945535432013-12-02T15:48:35.404-05:002013-12-02T15:48:35.404-05:00One of my cousins was Vietnam and came back physic...One of my cousins was Vietnam and came back physically disabled (though I don't think from a wound--Agent Orange maybe?) and I don't think ever had much happiness again. He died in the last year or so. <br />Another cousin's daughter was in Afghanistan, I think as a journalist for one of the Armed Services. I've never met her, but from what my mother told me some years ago, she had a nervous breakdown sometime after she was discharged (I think), even though she wasn't a soldier, strictly speaking. <br />I am also of the opinion that wars we've been in since World War 2 have become increasingly difficult to believe in. I think most soldiers have to feel they're fighting for something worthwhile, and if they don't, they're more likely to come home damaged.Allen Starbuckhttp://allenstarbuck.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410068166190075767.post-35900791243054077542013-12-02T13:09:48.012-05:002013-12-02T13:09:48.012-05:00Love this post, and I'm with you all the way.Love this post, and I'm with you all the way.Marian Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842321321484056422noreply@blogger.com