Patriotic Gore

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The wars fought by human beings are stimulated as a rule primarily by the same instincts as the voracity of the sea slug.

Edmund Wilson

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Topic

Man and animals War

Author

Edmund Wilson

Source

Patriotic Gore

Genre

War Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wilson, Edmund. Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War. Oxford University Press, 1962, introduction.