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If there is a peace that passeth all understanding, Vietnam may be the war that passeth all understanding. In the following pages, as we convey the panic and heroism of Saigon's last hours and describe Vietnam as it is today, as we explore the myths of the lessons of...
The night was moonless, the kind of darkness that pilots liken to flying into a black hole. On the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lieut. John ("Tuba") Gadzinski inched the F-14 Tomcat forward so a deck crewman could hook it to the catapult that would hurl the fighter...
In his climactic paintings of the early '60s, like Monastery, 1961, and Monsoon, 1961-62, abstractness prevails more, but there are still traces of figures within the cells of Monastery; a kind of prayer hum seems to emanate from its gray congested surface, suggesting collectivity through the soft friction of...
Dr. Willet totes a candle. When she burns pages from Ward's manuscripts she becomes engrossed with the flames and maniacally mutters the same phrase over and over. Meanwhile, in the corner of the stage, the demonic figure regularly opens a light-filled porthole, symbolizing an entry into another dimension...
In the enforced cultural isolation of his homeland, Kancheli forged a plangent, tonal music of protest. Naive, almost childlike melodies nestle with dissonant passages of the utmost ferocity; isolated sounds wink dimly in the darkness, gradually coalescing into coherent shapes. Suddenly the music explodes like shrapnel, and the listener is...