More Against the Days

[pynchonoid]

Pynchon's ATD Book Description could refer to the
disaster of the whole 20th century about to come
crashing down, as well as any particular catastrophe,
war, etc. 


--- rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think if there was any inkling of a major row
> between the big powers in
> the early part of the 20th C, many probably thought
> it'd be short and
> victorious campaign (funny that the french, the
> british, and the germans all
> thought the same)
> 
> geez, were they wrong
> 
> rich
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >  It might be argued that WW1 was, at the time, the
> > foreseeable conclusion to an arms' race that began
> in the 1880s, as well
> > as,
> > eg, the scramble for Africa and other colonialist
> conflicts. One can see
> > how
> > contemporary commentators (pro- or
> anti-Imperialism) might have used the
> > phrase in those two ways.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 


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