Laos and the Legacies of War
When the mind turns to South East Asia and war, Vietnam and Cambodia come quickly to mind. For most, Laos might …
Tag Archives: War
The Human Condition: What Is A Man to Do? Japan in Defeat
Masaki Kobayashi’s war time epic, The Human Condition, at 9 hours and 45 minutes, in black and white, with subtitles …
Paradise of the Blind, a Novel from Vietnam, Duong Thu Huong
Paradise of the Blind (1988) is Duong Thu Huong’s second serious novel, following a series of popular short stories, a novel …
The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, Vietnam
Bao Ninh’s convention shattering novel of war, The Sorrow of War, (1991/1994) opens at war’s end. Kien is in the …
Platoon: Americans In Vietnam
With a trip to Vietnam a few months ahead of me I’ve been running old movies and new books through …
Just and Unjust Wars: Just and Unjust Combatants: The Theory
Despite being an adult-long pacator I’ve never paid too much attention to Just War Theory. Being brought up by Roman Catholics I …
Under Fire: A French Novel of WW I Trenches
Although All Quiet on the Western Front is the best known, and possibly the best written, novel of soldiers …
A Farewell to Arms, or Not? WW I Through American Eyes
Pop the question: “WW I fiction?” and 10 out of 10 who have an answer at all will say “A …
To End All Wars: A Movie: A Moral Claim: Mercy Unimaginable
To End All Wars, 2001, by David L Cunningham is a film I might normally recommend for all the typical filmic reasons: …
Blue Angels and Flying Turtles
It has come again, that time of year in San Francisco. It promises to be crisp and blue, against …
Generals Die in Bed: A Novel from WW I
Generals Die in Bed (1930) is a slender and undeservedly little known novel from WW I, by Canadian-American, Charles Yale Harrison …
Storm of Steel: Another German’s View of the Trenches, WW I
World War I was the bloody birthing ground for war literature, both of the trenches and the years of recovery. …