Publisher's Synopsis
Poetry. Starting on April 22, 2002, and concluding on June 16, 2002, Louis Daniel Brodsky's SHADOW WAR, VOLUME FOUR traces the primary sources of terrorism that erupted in America on September 11: Israel, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. These poems describe, in bold detail, the desperation of Palestinians and Israelis; the depths of radical depravity demonstrated by the suicide bombers; the specter of nuclear war looming; and the fledgling government of Afghanistan. Other poems are set in the U.S.: Ground Zero workers finally complete their grim ordeal of exhumation; the Bush Administration warning that future terrorist strikes are inevitable and proposes creating the Department of Homeland Security; and Washington prepares to strengthen its infrastructure. As in the preceding three volumes of Shadow War, Brodsky writes compelling poetic narratives about the worldwide fight for stability and order in a climate of spreading terrorism. Brodsky is the author of fifty-one volumes of poetry and twenty-two volumes of prose.
