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Keneally's romantic chauvinism runs wide and deep in his 20th work of fiction, which includes novels about the American Civil War (Confederates) and the Holocaust (Schindler's List). "City bad! Country good!" is the message never far from the heart of Kate's story. Were it not for the range of his talents, the temptation would be to compare Keneally to Larry McMurtry, the elegiast of the American suburb and Texas history. Both can go over the top and still keep readers asking "What next?" Especially Keneally, who can play it hot or cool, tragic or comic, without forgetting...
Tears filled the eyes of the men and women who stood in the wintry spring wind at last week's dedication of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, remembering the mass murder of a half-century ago. Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the German death camps, turned from the audience to address Bill Clinton, who was sitting behind him. "Mr. President," he said, "I have been in the former Yugoslavia last fall. I cannot sleep since what I have seen. We must do something to stop the bloodshed." Wiesel almost pleaded: "Something, anything, must be done...
After the Holocaust ceremony, the President said he accepted Wiesel's plea as a challenge to the West "to take further initiatives in Bosnia." In answer to questions at his press conference, he said he was convinced "the U.S. should lead" in trying to solve "clearly the most difficult foreign- policy problem we face." But he was not prepared to act unilaterally if the NATO allies, Russia and the U.N. Security Council did not support his proposals. "I do not think we should act alone," he said, "nor do I think we will have...
...common thread of these statements attests to a commitment to prevent the repetition of genocide. I recognize the right of those slaughtered in, as well as those who survived, the Holocaust, to be remembered and honored with our prayers and our tears. Yet one crucial question needs to be asked loudly. If remembrance is to be used for remembrance's sake only, rather than applying the lessons of history to contemporary political decision-making, what is the practical...
...York Times of April 16, a 72-year-old Holocaust survivor recounts his thoughts during the Warsaw uprising: "We thought that if there was an uprising, some shooting back, somebody would wake up. But nobody did. No help came...