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The Serpent of War

by Larry Artopé Jackson

240 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-0186; ISBN 1-4120-8431-8; US$18.22, C$20.95, EUR14.97, £10.48

The Serpent of War is a novel about a young Jewish graduate of the University of Chicago who, while serving as a crew member of a bomber flying missions over Germany, developed doubts about the ethics of bombing city centers.

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The Serpent of War is a novel about a young Jewish graduate of the University of Chicago who while serving as a crew member of a bomber flying missions over Germany developed doubts about the ethics of bombing city center and killing innocent civilians. He believed a just war must not be fought unjustly and eventually refused to fly missions if the target was simply a "city center".

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About the Author

The author is a retired educator with degrees in history and theology. During World War Two he served as a navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress and participated in twenty five bombing missions over Germany.

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