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THIS BOOK is set in that unlikely decade, the fifties, when nothing happened and everyone fell asleep. The setting is Indianapolis (of all places), and the historical-social landmarks of the narrative include Eisenhower, Brando, Joe McCarthy and the Red Menace, Dave Brubeck, Time, Moral Re-Armament, the Saturday Evening Post, Chet Baker, frats, the first jet transport, Roger Bannister and the four-minute mile, the "new mature Sinatra," and drive...
...pals drink away the hot summer, fighting with parents, wondering about Communists and existentialism, they find themselves increasingly trapped in the world of Moral Re-Armament and rat races that their parents have bequeathed to them. Temporary relief is found in wild (and funny) masturbation orgies and sexual fantasies, which somehow never seem to make their way into reality...
Beyond such details, Speer compels attention because the man does not avoid the question of personal guilt. At first, he writes, "political events did not concern me." As a good technocrat, he agreed to the use of forced labor in order to bolster armament production. After the plot to assassinate Hitler failed on July 20, 1944, Speer briefly toyed with ways to kill his Führer. But, he admits, "I could never have confronted Hitler pistol in hand. Face to face, his magnetic power over me was too great up to the very last...
...still in service after 15 years. Now French-built Mirages fly cover for the Phantoms and Skyhawks. The Phantom, operational so far only in the U.S., Britain and Iran, in addition to Israel, is a heavy-duty workhorse that reaches 1,600 m.p.h., carries 17,000 Ibs. of armament, fires its electric machine guns at the rate of 100 rounds per second, can swoop to 100 feet to drop bombs, and can range far across the Middle East from Israeli bases. The Israeli government, with 40 Phantoms in service and ten more soon to come under a 1968 agreement, would...
...them. As the crowd progressed down Mass. Ave, toward Central Sq., files of cops, wearing riot helmets and carrying tear-gas guns, came into view at the side of the street. Advance scouts rushed ahead to survey police formations, then returned with exact reports on their number and armament: "There are 96 cops up there, with dogs." The cops stood silently at the sides, not in front of Buckingham Palace. Uncertain of the marchers' intentions and destination, they watched and waited. The Cambridge police wore soft blue hats and badges. The Tactical Cops carried riot batons, and wore black leather...