Warfare of any kind, whether on a worldwide scale or at the level of terrorism is a grisly business. So why do nations and people continue to fight? That’s obviously not an easy question to answer, otherwise we’d all be living on a peace-loving planet.
This anthology of stories collected by Douglas Lain attempts to look at warfare from new perspectives and viewpoints, to help us get a grip on why and how wars are still as prevalent today as they were at the dawn of humanity.
First up is Norman Spinrad’s ‘The Big Flash’ that shows how a rock group called the Horsemen is used by the military to whip up the public imagination, until they are begging for nuclear weapons to bring about the end to end all ends.
Since 1969 when ‘The Big Flash’ was published warfare is not just about who has
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/book-reviews-latest-literary-releases/16205-desertsoffire
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