tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post9099351693518603590..comments2024-01-26T17:29:53.415-05:00Comments on Reader's Almanac: The Arts Fuse interviews S. T. Joshi about the grim genius of Ambrose BierceThe Library of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17586915922688562543noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-3425591949099008722012-02-03T17:22:05.088-05:002012-02-03T17:22:05.088-05:00and to the end of his days, he was certain that th...<i>and to the end of his days, he was certain that there was an unbridgeable gulf between the soldier and the civilian—that the latter could have no idea what the former had been through.</i><br /><br />And though I agree with this statement, I consider the lot of the civilian who is chased at every sanctuary to escape genocidal wars (the Balkans, Sudan, Rwanda, Cambodia) and has no feeling of control in these situations: not even that of the solitary rifle, which as every soldier knows, especially in it's cleanliness and operational efficiency, might be the difference between getting back to their former lives or not.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10341288321874574699noreply@blogger.com