Publisher's Synopsis
Poems and translations of poems about war, written over a period of more than thirty years. Woodruff, a veteran of the American War in Vietnam, could not help writing these poems once the US became embroiled in one war after another, and he felt that American leadership had learned nothing from our experience in Vietnam. These poems offer background to Woodruff's philosophical writing about the ethics of war, which is extensive. They also provide background for his work in ethics more generally.
