![]() At the end of the day, America still lost the battle - but then again, it lost so much more in its youth.Īnother quotation I loved from this book was this: Of course then, there is Norman Mailer in the middle of it, weaving his way through the dignified story of this march that could change the course of history. There are the people who have lost, the people who have yet to lose and the people who just are not so sure where their loved ones even are anymore. There’s the guys in important jobs, the guys in not-so-important jobs, there’s the mothers and wives, sisters and brothers. ![]() He covers everyone from the intellectuals and soldiers, to the small-town hippies and the big city employees. It is one of Norman Mailer’s best efforts at the non-fiction novel (with obviously, “The Executioner’s Song” being his greatest effort) and one of his most cautious attempts to master the art of the historical non-fiction novel whilst trying to remain as open as possible with us. We get to see the various sides and debates, but most importantly we get to see the very human loathing of sending young men out to a war that they will undoubtedly be killed in, over and over again. This is one of the most thought-provoking quotations from Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” and throughout this book, we get to see the thousands of people who marched against the Vietnam War. What do you know about getting fat against your will, and turning into a clown of an arriviste baron when you would rather be an eagle or a count, or rarest of all, some natural aristocrat from these damned democratic states.” “You, Lowell, beloved poet of many, what do you know of the dirt and the dark deliveries of the necessary? What do you know of dignity hard-achieved, and dignity lost through innocence, and dignity lost by sacrifice for a cause one cannot name.
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