Dying with Robert Mitchum powerfully attests to the fact that you don't have to have been to war to be a "war poet." From memories going back to the earliest days of World War II to witnessing, if only from afar, contemporary wars in the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, Streznewski poignantly records the impact of violence, injustice, indifference, and cruelty not only on those who suffer directly, but on all who have eyes, hearts and souls...
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