Words of War and Peace

An episode of the Humankind on Public Radio podcast, hosted by David Freudberg, titled "Words of War and Peace" was published on April 2, 2026 and runs 29 minutes.

April 2, 2026 ·29m · Humankind on Public Radio

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Author Cynthia Wachtell describes contrasting views of war in American literature, including the Civil War reflections of Walt Whitman and the fervent anti-war beliefs expressed by Mark Twain in several works.

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