In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted to shoot at any human target, armed or unarmed, further confuse the fighting man's moral senses.
In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted… - Philip Caputo
In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted…
- Philip Caputo
You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy. - Philip Caputo
You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.
I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places. - Philip Caputo
I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.
Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves itself is to keep you from … - Philip Caputo
Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves itself is to keep you from …
In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front. - Philip Caputo
In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front.
True believers just don't see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn't be true believers anymore. - Philip Caputo
True believers just don't see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn't be true believers anymore.
I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own. - Philip Caputo
I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own.
It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a kill as its object is lik… - Philip Caputo
It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a kill as its object is lik…
The unraveling that I experienced much earlier in the Vietnam war than many people think, was due to the immediate foxhole experiences. But once I go… - Philip Caputo
The unraveling that I experienced much earlier in the Vietnam war than many people think, was due to the immediate foxhole experiences. But once I go…
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